abstellen

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈapʃtɛlən/
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Verb

abstellen (weak, third-person singular present stellt ab, past tense stellte ab, past participle abgestellt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to put down, to set down
    1. (of a vehicle etc.) to park, to leave
    2. to put away from; to place to oneside
      Er hat das Bett von der Wand abgestellt.
      He moved the bed away from the wall.
  2. (transitive) to move someone away from their usual post or job
    1. (military) to detach, to assign
    2. (sports) to release (a player)
      Die Clubs haben ihre Spieler für die Nationalmannschaften abgestellt
      The clubs have released their players to the national teams.
  3. (transitive) to turn off, to switch off
    Antonyms: anstellen, anmachen, anschalten, einschalten, anschmeißen
    Synonyms: ausmachen, abschalten, ausstellen, ausschalten
  4. (transitive) to put a stop to (bad behaviour, a reocurring issue)
  5. (with auf + accusative) to focus on a certain point; to take into account

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Further reading

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