abstechen

== German == === Etymology === From ab- +‎ stechen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈʔapˌʃtɛçn̩], [ˈʔapˌʃtɛçən] === Verb === abstechen (class 4 strong, third-person singular present sticht ab, past tense stach ab, past participle abgestochen, past subjunctive stäche ab, auxiliary haben) to cut off, cut out, to carve out (transitive, originally of animals) to stab to death (historical) to throw off by stabbing (a horseman off his mount etc.) (intransitive, figurative) to be very distinct, to stand out die Farben stechen deutlich ab ― (please add an English translation of this usage example) (brewing) to rack (to clarify beer, wine or cider by draining it from the dregs) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Abstechen === Further reading === “abstechen” in Duden online “abstechen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “abstechen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon