abstechen
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈʔapˌʃtɛçn̩], [ˈʔapˌʃtɛçən]
Verb
abstechen (class 4 strong, third-person singular present sticht ab, past tense stach ab, past participle abgestochen, past subjunctive stäche ab, auxiliary haben)
- to cut off, cut out, to carve out
- (transitive, originally of animals) to stab to death
- 1801, Friedrich Schiller, Turandot, Prinzessin von China:
- Was hilft's? Wir predigen und sprechen uns / Die Lungen heiser, und er läßt sich eben / Den Hals abstechen, wie ein wälsches Huhn.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1906, Felix Salten, Josefine Mutzenbacher:
- Er sah mich mit Augen an wie ein abgestochenes Kalb, remmelte wie ein Ziegenbock und flüsterte: »Nimm nur den Gnadenhammer […]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (historical) to throw off by stabbing (a horseman off his mount etc.)
- (intransitive, figurative) to be very distinct, to stand out
- die Farben stechen deutlich ab ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- 1907, Robert Walser, Geschwister Tanner, Berlin: Bruno Cassirer:
- […] Man muß abstechen, lieber Simon, wenn man beeinflussen will, doch höre der Reihe nach ruhig weiter.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (brewing) to rack (to clarify beer, wine or cider by draining it from the dregs)
Conjugation
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Derived terms
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