abflachen

== German == === Etymology === ab- +‎ flach (“flat”) +‎ -en === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: ab‧fla‧chen IPA(key): /ˈapˌflaχən/, [ˈʔapˌflaχn̩] === Verb === abflachen (weak, third-person singular present flacht ab, past tense flachte ab, past participle abgeflacht, auxiliary haben or sein) (transitive) to flatten [auxiliary haben] (reflexive) to flatten out [auxiliary haben] (reflexive) to decrease [auxiliary haben] (intransitive) to go down a level (e.g. of a conversation decreasing in volume) [auxiliary sein] ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Abflachen Abflachung === Further reading === “abflachen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “abflachen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “abflachen” in Duden online “abflachen” in OpenThesaurus.de