Abfall
Meaning
- (masculine,strong) waste, garbage, rubbish, litter
- (masculine,strong) decrease, decline, drop
- (masculine,strong) apostasy
- (masculine,obsolete,strong) shutter, lid
Frequency
Hyphenated as
Ab‧fall
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈapfal]
Etymology
From Middle High German abfal, abefal, equivalent to ab- (“from”) + Fall (“fall”). Compare German Low German Offall, Dutch afval, English offal.
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