German

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Etymology

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ab- +‎ flach (flat) +‎ -en

Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ab‧fla‧chen
  • IPA(key): /ˈapˌflaχən/, [ˈʔapˌflaχn̩]

Verb

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abflachen (weak, third-person singular present flacht ab, past tense flachte ab, past participle abgeflacht, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. (transitive) to flatten [auxiliary haben]
  2. (reflexive) to flatten out [auxiliary haben]
  3. (reflexive) to decrease [auxiliary haben]
  4. (intransitive) to go down a level (e.g. of a conversation decreasing in volume) [auxiliary sein]

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • abflachen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • abflachen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • abflachen” in Duden online
  • abflachen” in OpenThesaurus.de