abkommen

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German abekomen, from Old High German abaqueman, from ab- (“from”) + kweman (“to come”). The sense "grow gaunt" is attested since the 15th century as a shortening of the phrase "vom Fleisch abkommen". The specifically Namibian use is a loan meaning from Afrikaans afkom. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈapˌkɔmən/ === Verb === abkommen (class 4 strong, third-person singular present kommt ab, past tense kam ab, past participle abgekommen, past subjunctive käme ab, auxiliary sein) (intransitive, dated) to come from, to derive from (intransitive) to stray from (something) [with von dative ‘something’] to unintentionally stray from (a chosen course) ein Bus ist von der Straße abgekommen 1816, the Brothers Grimm, Deutsche Sagen (Nicolaische Buchhandlung, Berlin to digress from (a goal or subject) du bist vom Thema abgekommen to abandon von einem Gedanken abkommen ― to abandon a thought to get away, to move away (from a customary action, habit, behaviour, manner, routine, etc.) Synonym: wegkommen (intransitive, sports) to start (a competition, event, etc) (in a particular way) (intransitive) to free oneself to get away, to tear oneself away (from an activity) von seinem Dienst abkommen to turn from, to estrange oneself from (someone) to get clear of (something or someone), to get or be free of (intransitive) to go out of style (to become disused or obsolete) (intransitive, dialectal) to grow thin and gaunt, to go to rack (regional, Namibia, of a Rivier (“arroyo”)) to (be filled with and) carry water (regional, Namibia, of weather: of the wind, a draught/draft, a storm, etc) to (unexpectedly) form or arise and draw near ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (carry water): Wasser führen (European German) (weather): aufkommen, aufziehen (European German) ==== Derived terms ==== Abkommen Abkunft ==== References ==== === Further reading === “abkommen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “abkommen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “abkommen” in Duden online Joe Pütz, Das grosse Dickschenärie: Dickschenärie I & II Kommbeind Riekonndischend Gemoddifeid und Gesuhpt, first edition (Peters Antiques, Swakopmund 2001,→ISBN) “abkommen” in OpenThesaurus.de