See also: Abknöpfen

German

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Etymology

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ab- +‎ knöpfen

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Verb

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abknöpfen (weak, third-person singular present knöpft ab, past tense knöpfte ab, past participle abgeknöpft, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to unbutton, to remove by unbuttoning
    Antonym: anknöpfen
  2. (transitive, slang) to take away, to steal [with dative ‘from whom’]
    Synonyms: abnehmen, abluchsen

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