German

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Etymology

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ab- +‎ fackeln

Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ab‧fa‧ckeln
  • IPA(key): /ˈapˌfakəln/, [ˈʔapˌfakl̩n]

Verb

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abfackeln (weak, third-person singular present fackelt ab, past tense fackelte ab, past participle abgefackelt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to burn off
  2. (transitive, informal) to set fire to, to torch (a building, structure, etc.)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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