abbiegen

German

Etymology

ab- +‎ biegen

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈapbiːɡn̩]
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  • Hyphenation: ab‧bie‧gen

Verb

abbiegen (class 2 strong, third-person singular present biegt ab, past tense bog ab, past participle abgebogen, past subjunctive böge ab, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. (intransitive, auxiliary sein) to turn, to turn off
    Biegen Sie jetzt links ab.
    Now turn left.
    Ich glaube, wir sind falsch abgebogen.
    I think we took a wrong turn.
  2. (intransitive, auxiliary sein) to bend, to turn (of a road, street, path, etc.)
    Die Straße biegt vor uns nach links ab.
    The road bends to the left up ahead.
  3. (transitive, technical) to fold (metal)
  4. (transitive, figurative) to head off, to stave off
  5. (intransitive) to branch off

Conjugation

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See also

Further reading
  • “abbiegen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “abbiegen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “abbiegen” in Duden online
  • “abbiegen” in OpenThesaurus.de
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