abkratzen

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German abekratzen. Equivalent to ab- +‎ kratzen. Compare Dutch opkrassen. === Pronunciation === === Verb === abkratzen (weak, third-person singular present kratzt ab, past tense kratzte ab, past participle abgekratzt, auxiliary haben or sein) (transitive) to scrape, to scratch something off of something [auxiliary haben] (intransitive, vulgar) to kick the bucket, to snuff it, to croak (to die) [auxiliary sein] (intransitive, vulgar, dated) to leave, to scram [auxiliary sein] ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Abkratzen Abkratzer === Further reading === “abkratzen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “abkratzen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “abkratzen” in Duden online “abkratzen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. “abkratzen” in OpenThesaurus.de