abladen

German

Etymology

Pronunciation

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Hyphenation: ab‧la‧den
IPA^(key): /ˈapˌlaːdən/, [ˈʔapˌlaːdn̩]

Verb

abladen (class 6 strong, third-person singular present lädt ab, past tense lud ab, past participle abgeladen, past subjunctive lüde ab, auxiliary haben)

to unload
1. to put away or down the freight
  Die Ware ist vom Lastwagen abgeladen worden.
  The wares have been unloaded from the truck.
  
  Nachdem er der Paketbote das Paket im Keller abgeladen hatte, konnte er die Zahlung entgegennehmen.
  After putting the parcel in the basement (i. e. from his shoulders or arms), the courier could take the payment.
  
  Antonym: aufladen
  
  Hyponym: (if it was in the inner of something) ausladen
2. to empty by put away the freight from the inner of
  Der Lastwagen ist abgeladen worden.
  The truck has been unloaded
  
  Antonym: beladen
(transferred senses, slightly informal)
1. to pass on, to ascribe the responsibility for (to do a labelling speech act compared to literal unloading)
  Schuld abladen verboten!
  Passing on guilt is forbidden! (A sign one can buy)
  
  Synonyms: abwälzen, abschieben
2. by pass on and thus make affected by (in a manner which is compared to literal unloading)
  Als er nach Hause kam, hat er seinen Groll abgeladen.
  When he came home he unloaded his anger.
3. to do both of the two aforementioned in one – to make affected by ascribing to
  Da er sah, dass er es nicht kann, hat er die Verantwortung auf mich abgeladen.
  As he saw that he cannot do it he put me into the responsibility for it.
to cancel the subpoena of
Der Zeuge ist vom Gericht nicht wirksam abgeladen worden, so dass seine Verpflichtung zu erscheinen fortbestand.
The witness has not received an effective cancellation of his due date by the court so that he was still legally required to appear for testimony.

Antonym: laden

Conjugation

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Derived terms

Abladen
Abladung