German

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Etymology

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ab- +‎ biegen

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈapbiːɡn̩]
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  • Hyphenation: ab‧bie‧gen

Verb

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abbiegen (class 2 strong, third-person singular present biegt ab, past tense bog ab, past participle abgebogen, past subjunctive böge ab, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. (intransitive) to turn, to turn off [auxiliary sein]
    Biegen Sie jetzt links ab.
    Now turn left.
    Ich glaube, wir sind falsch abgebogen.
    I think we took a wrong turn.
  2. (intransitive) to bend, to turn (of a road, street, path, etc.) [auxiliary sein]
    Die Straße biegt vor uns nach links ab.
    The road bends to the left up ahead.
  3. (transitive, technical) to fold (metal)
  4. (transitive, figurative) to head off, to stave off
  5. (intransitive) to branch off

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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See also

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Further reading

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