abhauen

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German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From ab- +‎ hauen.

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Verb[edit]

abhauen (weak or class 7 strong, third-person singular present haut ab, past tense haute ab or (rare) hieb ab, past participle abgehauen or (only in some regional vernaculars) abgehaut, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. (transitive, auxiliary haben) to cut off
  2. (intransitive, auxiliary sein) to leave abruptly, to do a runner
    Ich hau jetzt ab.I'm taking off now.
    Hau bloß ab! Dich will ich nicht mehr sehen.Just get out of here! I don't want to see you.

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Further reading[edit]

  • abhauen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • abhauen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • abhauen” in Duden online
  • abhauen” in OpenThesaurus.de