German

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Etymology

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ab- +‎ tauchen.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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abtauchen (weak, third-person singular present taucht ab, past tense tauchte ab, past participle abgetaucht, auxiliary haben)

  1. to submerge; to plunge, descend
  2. (figuratively) to go to ground, disappear

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • abtauchen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • abtauchen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon