abkönnen

Significado (Inglés)

to be able to (with)stand or endure something or someone

Sinónimos

aushalten

vertragen

verknusen

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/ˈapˌkœnən/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Originally abhaben können, which is the same as haben können (“to be able to stand, endure”). The main verb haben was then felt as redundant and was ellipsed, as is common in colloquial German.