absaufen

== German == === Etymology === ab- +‎ saufen === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈapˌzaʊ̯fən/ Hyphenation: ab‧sau‧fen === Verb === absaufen (class 2 strong, third-person singular present säuft ab, past tense soff ab, past participle abgesoffen, past subjunctive söffe ab, auxiliary sein) (intransitive, colloquial) to flood, to drown (to become submerged in or filled with water such that normal functioning is no longer possible) (automotive, by extension) to stall (of an engine, or something powered by one) Synonym: abgewürgt werden to sink, to go under (of water vessels or their cargo/passengers) (Can we verify(+) this sense?) to lose altitude ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Absaufen Abgesoffener === References === Michael Robert; Karin Doerr (2002), Nazi-Deutsch/Nazi-German: An English lexicon of the language of the Third Reich, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, →ISBN, page 51 === Further reading === “absaufen” in Duden online “absaufen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache