abdrehen

German

Etymology

ab- +‎ drehen. Compare English offthrow.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈapdreːən]
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Hyphenation: ab‧dre‧hen
Rhymes: -eːən

Verb

abdrehen (weak, third-person singular present dreht ab, past tense drehte ab, past participle abgedreht, auxiliary haben)

(intransitive, nautical) to veer
Das Schiff drehte nach Westen ab. ― The ship veered to the west.
(intransitive, aviation) to peel off
Der Tower befahl dem Flugzeug abzudrehen. ― The control tower ordered the plane to peel off.
to twist off
Sie drehte den Stengel vom Apfel ab. ― She twisted the stem off the apple.
to cut off the supply of something (originally referring only to water and gas supply which is shut off by closing a valve, later extended to power supply and figuratively flow of funds)
Synonyms: zudrehen, einstellen

Wenn man die Rechnung nicht zahlt, wird das Gas abgedreht. ― If you don't pay your bill, the gas supply will be cut off.

Als die Bank den Geldhahn abdrehte, ging die Firma in Konkurs. ― When the bank cut off funds the company went bankrupt.
(by extension, chiefly Austria) to shut off, to switch off, to turn off (appliance, light, mechanism, functionality etc.)
Synonyms: abschalten, ausdrehen, ausmachen, ausschalten, ausstellen

Dreh den Fernseher ab! ― Turn off the TV!
(by extension, chiefly Austria) to abort something, to thwart, to discontinue something
Der Untersuchungsausschuss wurde abgedreht. ― The investigation committee was thwarted.
(by extension, colloquial) to lose the plot
Synonym: durchdrehen

Der dreht jetzt völlig ab. ― He's losing the plot.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

Abdrehen
Abdrehung