abfahren

Meaning

(class-6,intransitive,strong) to depart, to leave
(class-6,strong,transitive) to carry off, to remove
(class-6,colloquial,idiomatic,intransitive,strong) to go for; to be crazy about, for; to be a fan of or infatuated with [with auf ‘someone/something’]
(class-6,strong,transitive) to drive along (a stretch of road in search of something); to patrol
(class-6,strong) to wear down (tyres/tires)
(class-6,strong) to use up (all one's journeys on a travel card)
(class-6,strong) to knock off (something by hitting it with one's vehicle)
(class-6,strong,vulgar) to send someone packing; to tell someone to go away

depart

leave

set going

coast down

take-out of service

be going out

absent onself from

absent onself

sich entfernen

abdüsen

abnützen

vergucken

sein Herz an jemanden verlieren

vergaffen

Frequency

Hyphenated as

ab‧fah‧ren

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈapfaːrən]

From Middle High German abevarn, from Old High German abafaran, from Proto-West Germanic *abafaran. Equivalent to ab- (“from”) + fahren (“drive”). Cognate with Dutch afvaren.