German edit

Etymology edit

ab- +‎ tasten

Pronunciation edit

  • (file)

Verb edit

abtasten (weak, third-person singular present tastet ab, past tense tastete ab, past participle abgetastet, auxiliary haben)

  1. to feel
  2. to frisk
  3. (technology) to scan
  4. (medicine) to palpate

Conjugation edit

Further reading edit

  • abtasten” in Duden online
  • abtasten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache