Abstecher

== German == === Etymology === From now-obsolete Dutch een afsteker maken (“to go by one of the boats of a ship”) (compare modern Dutch afsteken (“to set sail”)), synchronically analyzable as abstechen (“to cut out”) +‎ -er; the German verb means in some contexts “to contrast, to diverge” and possibly also “to branch off” (compare Stichstraße (“small dead-end street branching off from a road”)), hence the further semantic development. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈapˌʃtɛçɐ/ === Noun === Abstecher m (strong, genitive Abstechers, plural Abstecher) detour, side trip ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Abstecher” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Abstecher” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Abstecher” in Duden online