German edit

Etymology edit

ab- +‎ brennen

Pronunciation edit

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  • Hyphenation: ab‧bren‧nen
  • IPA(key): /ˈabʁɛnən/, [ˈʔabʁɛnn̩]

Verb edit

abbrennen (irregular weak, third-person singular present brennt ab, past tense brannte ab, past participle abgebrannt, past subjunctive brennte ab, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. (transitive, auxiliary haben) to set fire to, to destroy by fire
  2. (intransitive, auxiliary sein) to burn down, to burn up, to be destroyed by fire
  3. (transitive, auxiliary haben) to burn off, to remove by burning
  4. (intransitive, auxiliary sein) to burn out (burn until extinguished due to lack of fuel)

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Further reading edit

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