absondern
التعريفات والمعاني
== German ==
=== Etymology ===
From ab- + sondern (“to separate, sunder”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈapˌzɔndɐn/
Hyphenation: ab‧son‧dern
=== Verb ===
absondern (weak, third-person singular present sondert ab, past tense sonderte ab, past participle abgesondert, auxiliary haben)
(transitive, biology) to secrete; to exude (especially a liquid)
(transitive, informal, usually derogatory) to say; to utter (especially repeatedly over some period of time, as though it were a secretion)
die Machosprüche, die er ständig absondert ― those macho slogans that he constantly delivers
(transitive) to seclude; to isolate; to keep separate; to segregate (not usually in the racist sense, but e.g. for quarantine)
(reflexive) to seclude oneself; to avoid contact
==== Conjugation ====
==== Derived terms ====
absonderlich
Absondern
Absonderung
=== Further reading ===
“absondern”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[1] (in German)
“absondern” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
“absondern” in Duden online