abbrechen

Meaning

1. (class-4,strong,transitive) to break off (remove by breaking)
2. (class-4,intransitive,strong) to be broken off
3. (class-4,strong,transitive) to terminate, to end, to stop (especially suddenly or unexpectedly)
4. (class-4,strong,transitive) to pull down (demolish)
5. (class-4,strong) to discard (throw away)

Concepts

break

stop

abort

break off

destroy

pull down

discontinue

cancel

cease

sever

tear down

abandon

demolish

dismantle

terminate

finish

can

shatter

cut short

truncate

close

snap off

ruin

quit

withdrawal

breach

crack

crush

dash

smash

break away

go into eclipse

to wane

revalue

fold

pick flowers

exit

make change

abend

ABEND

interrupt

disrupt

strike

wreck

withdraw

abortive

cut off

break camp

tear

tear off

snap

adjourn

shear off

take down

batter down

dispel

knock out

smash up

wrack

cut

disunite

part

separate

split

waste

disarm

complete

end

stand still

fall through

miscarry

block off

drive

ram down

suspend

pretermit

Hyphenated as

ab‧bre‧chen

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈʔapˌbʁɛçn̩]

Etymology

From Middle High German abebrechen, from Old High German ababrehhan, from Proto-West Germanic *ababrekan. Equivalent to ab- + brechen. Cognate with Dutch afbreken (“to demolish, to decompose”).