abflachen

German

Etymology

ab- + flach (flat) + -en

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ab‧fla‧chen
  • IPA(key): /ˈapˌflaχən/, [ˈʔapˌflaχn̩]

Verb

abflachen (weak, third-person singular present flacht ab, past tense flachte ab, past participle abgeflacht, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. (transitive) to flatten [auxiliary haben]
  2. (reflexive) to flatten out [auxiliary haben]
  3. (reflexive) to decrease [auxiliary haben]
  4. (intransitive) to go down a level (e.g. of a conversation decreasing in volume) [auxiliary sein]

Conjugation

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Further reading

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