abarbeiten

== German == === Etymology === ab- +‎ arbeiten === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈabˌaʁbaɪ̯tən/, [ˈʔapˌʔaʁbaɪ̯tən], [ˈʔapˌʔaʁbaɪ̯tn̩], [ˈʔapˌʔaʁbaɪ̯ʔn̩] Hyphenation: ab‧ar‧bei‧ten === Verb === abarbeiten (weak, third-person singular present arbeitet ab, past tense arbeitete ab, past participle abgearbeitet, auxiliary haben) to work off (a debt, the items on a to-do list, etc); to resolve or take care of something by working (reflexive) to work hard, to slave away Synonyms: sich abmühen, sich abrackern, stark anstrengen ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Abarbeiten, Abarbeitung === Further reading === “abarbeiten”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “abarbeiten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “abarbeiten” in Duden online “abarbeiten” in OpenThesaurus.de