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abschlagen

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See also: Abschlägen

German

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Etymology

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ab- +‎ schlagen

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈapʃlaːɡŋ/
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Verb

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abschlagen (class 6 strong, third-person singular present schlägt ab, past tense schlug ab, past participle abgeschlagen, past subjunctive schlüge ab, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to cut off, chop off
    • 1918, Meinrad Lienert, “St. Felix und St. Regula”, in Zürcher Sagen:
      So führte man sie denn auf die Sandbank in der Limmat, wo heute die Wasserkirche steht, und schlug ihnen angesichts des ruchlosen Statthalters, die Köpfe ab.
      So they were carried to the sandbank in the Limmat – where the Wasserkirche now stands – and their heads cut off in the wicked governor's sight.
  2. (figurative) to refuse, to deny, to reject (a request)
  3. (golf) to tee off
  4. (soccer) to punt
  5. to take down (a tent)

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