abstauben

== German == === Etymology === ab- (“off”) +‎ stauben (“to dust”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈapˌʃtaʊ̯bn̩] Hyphenation: ab‧stau‧ben Rhymes: -aʊ̯bn̩ === Verb === abstauben (weak, third-person singular present staubt ab, past tense staubte ab, past participle abgestaubt, auxiliary haben) (literally) to dust (to wipe away dust) Synonym: enstauben (colloquial) to scrounge; to win (a prize in a contest); to score (video games) to clean up ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Abstauben, Abstauber, Abstaubung abstaubend, abgestaubt ==== Related terms ==== stauben === Further reading === “abstauben” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “abstauben” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “abstauben” in Duden online “abstauben” in OpenThesaurus.de