German

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Etymology

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ab- (from) +‎ fahren (drive)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈapfaːrən]
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  • Hyphenation: ab‧fah‧ren

Verb

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abfahren (class 6 strong, third-person singular present fährt ab, past tense fuhr ab, past participle abgefahren, past subjunctive führe ab, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. (intransitive) to depart, to leave [auxiliary sein]
    Ihr Zug fährt um fünf Uhr ab.
    Her train departs at 5 o'clock.
    Wir werden morgen abfahren.
    We will leave tomorrow
  2. (transitive) to carry off, to remove [auxiliary haben]
    Der Müll wird zweimal pro Woche abgefahren.
    The garbage is picked up twice a week.
  3. (intransitive, idiomatic, colloquial) to go for; to be crazy about, for; to be a fan of or infatuated with [with auf ‘someone/something’] [auxiliary sein]
    Sie fährt voll auf Kultfilme ab.
    She's really crazy about cult movies.
  4. (transitive) to drive along (a stretch of road in search of something); to patrol [auxiliary sein or haben]
    Lass uns die Strecke noch mal abfahren, vielleicht finden wir ihn doch.
    Let's drive along this stretch of road again, we might still find him
  5. to wear down (tyres/tires)
  6. to use up (all one's journeys on a travel card)
  7. to knock off (something by hitting it with one's vehicle)
  8. (jemanden abfahren lassen, vulgar) to send someone packing; to tell someone to go away

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Further reading

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