Abfall

German

Etymology

ab- (“from”) +‎ Fall (“fall”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈapfal]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Ab‧fall

Noun

Abfall m (genitive Abfalles, plural Abfälle)

1. waste, garbage, rubbish, litter

   radioaktiver Abfall

   radioactive waste

2. decrease, decline, drop
3. (religion) apostasy

   Abfall vom Glauben ― apostasy from the creed

4. (obsolete) shutter, lid
   • 1680, Franciszek à Mesgnien Meninski, “Abfall”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[1] (in Ottoman Turkish, Turkish, Latin, German, Italian, French, and Polish), Vienna, column 3865:

     کپنک kepenk. Decipula & janua seu fenestra lignea, quae elevatur in officinis, aut tabernis ad arcendam pluviam, umbramque captandam. Abfall/Ladenfall Trappola di casa, balconata di bottega. Lápáczká/dách u kramnicy.

      

Synonyms

• (waste): Müll

Derived terms

• (waste): Abfallwirtschaft, Abfalleimer, Bauabfall, Bioabfall, Gartenabfall
• (decline): Druckabfall (decline of pressure)

Further reading

• “Abfall” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Abfall” in Duden online