Abfall
German
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
Abfall m (genitive Abfalles, plural Abfälle)
- waste, garbage, rubbish, litter
- radioaktiver Abfall
- radioactive waste
- decrease, decline, drop
- (religion) apostasy
- (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.
Declension
Synonyms
- (waste): Müll
Derived terms
- (waste): Abfallwirtschaft, Abfalleimer, Bauabfall, Bioabfall, Gartenabfall
- (decline): Druckabfall (decline of pressure)