abtreten

== German == === Etymology === ab +‎ treten === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈapˌtʁeːtn̩/ Hyphenation: ab‧tre‧ten === Verb === abtreten (class 5 strong, third-person singular present tritt ab, past tense trat ab, past participle abgetreten, past subjunctive träte ab, auxiliary haben or sein) (transitive) to kick away (transitive) to wipe off (the soles of one’s shoes) (transitive) to wear out (one’s shoes) (intransitive) to step away, walk off [auxiliary sein] (intransitive) to resign (one’s job) [with von] [auxiliary sein] (euphemistic, intransitive) to die [auxiliary sein] (transitive) to relinquish, trade away, cede Synonym: aufgeben 2014, Tillmann Bendikowski, “Einigkeit vor Recht und Freiheit”. In: Zeit Geschichte. Epochen. Menschen. Ideen. Number 4, page 40: ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Abtritt Abtretung === Further reading === “abtreten”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “abtreten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “abtreten” in Duden online “abtreten” in OpenThesaurus.de “abtreten” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.