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ablaufen

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See also: Abläufen

German

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Etymology

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    From ab- +‎ laufen.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈʔaplaʊ̯fɱ̩/, /ˈʔaplaʊ̯fən/
    • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)
    • Hyphenation: ab‧lau‧fen

    Verb

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    ablaufen (class 7 strong, third-person singular present läuft ab, past tense lief ab, past participle abgelaufen, auxiliary sein or haben)

    1. (intransitive) run out [auxiliary sein]
      1. (time) to expire; to go out of date
      2. (liquid etc.) to run off; to drain
      3. (wind-up machine) run down
      4. (battery) run out
    2. to wear down (soles, heals etc.)
    3. (event, procedure) to go [auxiliary sein]
    4. to set off, to start (running) [auxiliary sein]
    5. to walk (all the way); to scour; to cover (a stretch of road etc. on the look out for something)
    6. (maritime) to be launched [auxiliary sein]
    7. (maritime) to set a new course [auxiliary sein]

    Conjugation

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    Derived terms

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    Further reading

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    • ablaufen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[1] (in German)
    • ablaufen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
    • ablaufen” in Duden online
    • ablaufen” in OpenThesaurus.de