abheben

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German abheben, abeheben, equivalent to ab- (off-) +‎ heben (to lift, raise). Cognate with Old Saxon afhebbian (whence Middle Low German afhebben).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔapˌheːbm̩/, /ˈʔapˌheːbən/
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Verb

abheben (class 6 strong, third-person singular present hebt ab, past tense hob ab or (archaic) hub ab, past participle abgehoben, past subjunctive höbe ab or (archaic) hübe ab, auxiliary haben)

  1. (intransitive) to lift off
    1. (intransitive, of airplanes) to take off
  2. (telephony, pick up the receiver) to answer
  3. (transitive, banking, of bank accounts) to withdraw
  4. (card games) to cut
  5. (reflexive) to be dissimilar to, differ from (von)
  6. (formal colloquial) to intend to betoken, to have in mind
    • 2020, Mathias Habersack, Münchener Kommentar zum Bürgerlichen Gesetzbuch, 8th edition, München: C.H. Beck, § 782 Rn. 5:
      § 311b Abs. 1, 3 ist auch auf das abstrakte Versprechen oder Anerkenntnis anzuwenden, weil die besonderen Formerfordernisse allein auf den Geschäftsgegenstand abheben, der durch die Abstraktion vom Schuldgrund nicht berührt wird.
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    Synonyms: abstellen, bedeuten, im Sinne haben

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Further reading

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