German

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Etymology

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From ab- +‎ kämmen.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ab‧käm‧men
  • IPA(key): /ˈapˌkɛmən/, [ˈʔapˌkɛmn̩]

Verb

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abkämmen (weak, third-person singular present kämmt ab, past tense kämmte ab, past participle abgekämmt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to search an area
  2. to destroy by bombing

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  • Michael Robert, Karin Doerr (2002) Nazi-Deutsch/Nazi-German: An English lexicon of the language of the Third Reich, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, →ISBN, page 50

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