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abfahren

Pronunciation: [ˈapfaːrən]

“abfahren” is a German word. Its 8 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to depart, to leave
  2. to carry off, to remove
  3. to go for; to be crazy about, for; to be a fan of or infatuated with [with auf ‘someone/something’]
  4. to drive along (a stretch of road in search of something); to patrol
  5. to wear down (tyres/tires)
  6. to use up (all one's journeys on a travel card)
  7. to knock off (something by hitting it with one's vehicle)
  8. to send someone packing; to tell someone to go away

Etymology

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.

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