abdrehen

== German == === Etymology === ab- +‎ drehen. Compare English offthrow. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈapdreːən] 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. (transitive, film) to finish shooting or filming Die letzten Folgen der Staffel sind schon abgedreht. ― The last episodes of the season are already (completely) filmed. (by extension, colloquial) to lose the plot Synonym: durchdrehen Der dreht jetzt völlig ab. ― He's losing the plot. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Abdreher, Abdrehung ==== Related terms ==== Abdrehen abdrehend, abgedreht andrehen, aufdrehen, durchdrehen === Further reading === “abdrehen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “abdrehen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “abdrehen” in Duden online “abdrehen” in OpenThesaurus.de