Masculine
Abfall
- (masculine, strong) waste, garbage, rubbish, litter
- (masculine, strong) decrease, decline, drop
- (masculine, strong) apostasy
- (masculine, obsolete, strong) shutter, lid
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈapfal]
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German abfal, abefal, equivalent to ab- (“from”) + Fall (“fall”). Cognate with German Low German Offall, Dutch afval, English offal, Swedish avfall. Compare typologically Bulgarian отпадък (otpadǎk), Czech otpad, Serbo-Croatian отпад (< Proto-Slavic *otъpadъ < *otъ + *padati). Also compare French déchet (several steps omitting from Latin dēcidō < dē- + cadō).
waste matter
offall
waste material
Hausabfall
Papierfetzen
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