abfahren
- (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
Frequency
Dialects
Appenzell Innerrhoden
abfahre
Basel-Landschaft
abfaare
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈapfaːrən]
Etymology
In summary
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.
sich entfernen
abdüsen
abnützen
vergucken
sein Herz an jemanden verlieren
vergaffen
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