German edit

Etymology edit

From ab- +‎ sehen.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈabseːn/
  • (Standard, northern and central Germany) IPA(key): [ˈäpseːn], [ˈapseːn]
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  • Hyphenation: ab‧se‧hen

Verb edit

absehen (class 5 strong, third-person singular present sieht ab, past tense sah ab, past participle abgesehen, past subjunctive sähe ab, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to foresee
  2. to overlook, to disregard, to refrain (to willfully not refer to a fact)

Conjugation edit

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Further reading edit

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