abbrennen

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German

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Etymology

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ab- +‎ brennen

Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ab‧bren‧nen
  • IPA(key): /ˈabʁɛnən/, [ˈʔabʁɛnn̩]

Verb

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abbrennen (irregular weak, third-person singular present brennt ab, past tense brannte ab, past participle abgebrannt, past subjunctive brennte ab, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. (transitive) to set fire to, to destroy by fire [auxiliary haben]
  2. (intransitive) to burn down, to burn up, to be destroyed by fire [auxiliary sein]
  3. (transitive) to burn off, to remove by burning [auxiliary haben]
  4. (intransitive) to burn out (burn until extinguished due to lack of fuel) [auxiliary sein]

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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