abgeben

== German == === Etymology === From Old High German abageban, from Proto-Germanic *abagebaną; equivalent to ab- (“from”) +‎ geben (“give”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈap.ɡeːbn̩] IPA(key): [ˈap.ɡeːbm̩] Hyphenation: ab‧ge‧ben === Verb === abgeben (class 5 strong, third-person singular present gibt ab, past tense gab ab, past participle abgegeben, past subjunctive gäbe ab, auxiliary haben) (transitive) to give up, relinquish, let go, concede, hand over, etc. (power, money, valuable objects, etc.) (transitive) to give away, give out (samples, promotional goods, bags, etc., also items for charity) (transitive) to hand in, to turn in, to drop off, to deliver, to return [with accusative ‘something’ and bei (+ dative) ‘to its owner or a responsible party’] (transitive) to turn in [with accusative ‘schoolwork, an application, anything that requires evaluation’ and bei (+ dative) ‘to a teacher/professor/etc.’] (transitive) to sell (cheaply or at a reduced price) (transitive) to deposit (for storage or similar purpose, something in a designated storage area or receptacle) to lose (value or according to some numerical measure, especially gains made in the recent past) (transitive) to give (a part of), to share (with) [with dative ‘to someone’ and accusative ‘something’] (transitive, sports) to give up (a point, round, goal, etc. to an opponent) (transitive) to emit, to give off, to release, to radiate (transitive) to pass on (a responsibility or duty) (reflexive) to bother oneself with someone/something, to associate with someone/something, to mess around with someone (sports, transitive) to pass (a ball) (transitive) to make (constitute, develop into, prove to be) (transitive) to submit (a report) (transitive) to give (an opinion, statement, explanation), (transitive) to fire (a shot) (transitive) to cast (a vote) (transitive) to provide (plot, background, exposition, etc. in a work of fiction) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Abgeber, Abgebung ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “abgeben” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “abgeben” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “abgeben” in Duden online “abgeben” in OpenThesaurus.de