ab-

Meaning

1. (morpheme) Separable verb prefix that indicates removal or quitting, off, away.
2. (morpheme) Separable verb prefix that indicates a downward movement, down.
3. (morpheme) Separable verb prefix that indicates from or of.
4. (morpheme) Noun prefix that indicates being different from the source or deviation.

Concepts

off

Synonyms

ent-

weg-

auf-

Translations

modifier

de

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ap/

Etymology

Cognate with English: off-

In summary

From ab, from Middle High German abe, ab, from Old High German ab, from Proto-West Germanic *ab(a), from Proto-Germanic *ab. Compare English off-.