Abfall
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German abfal, abefal, equivalent to ab- (“from”) + Fall (“fall”). Compare German Low German Offall, Dutch afval, English offal. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Abfall m (strong, genitive Abfalles or Abfalls, plural Abfälle)
- waste, garbage, rubbish, litter
- Synonym: Müll
- radioaktiver Abfall ― radioactive waste
- decrease, decline, drop
- (religion) apostasy
- Abfall vom Glauben ― apostasy from the creed
- (obsolete) shutter, lid
- 1680, Franciszek à Mesgnien Meninski, “Abfall”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[1] (in Ottoman Turkish, Turkish, Latin, German, Italian, French, and Polish), Vienna, column 3865:
- کپنک kepenk. Decipula & janua seu fenestra lignea, quae elevatur in officinis, aut tabernis ad arcendam pluviam, umbramque captandam. Abfall/Ladenfall Trappola di casa, balconata di bottega. Lápáczká/dách u kramnicy.
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Declension edit
Declension of Abfall [masculine, strong]
Derived terms edit
- (waste): Abfallwirtschaft, Abfalleimer, Bauabfall, Bioabfall, Gartenabfall
- (decline): Druckabfall (decline of pressure)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Polish: abfal (obsolete)