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ablehnen

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German

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Etymology

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    ab- +‎ lehnen

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈapleːnən/
    • Hyphenation: ab‧leh‧nen
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    Verb

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    ablehnen (weak, third-person singular present lehnt ab, past tense lehnte ab, past participle abgelehnt, auxiliary haben)

    1. (transitive) to decline, refuse, reject, turn down
      Antonym: annehmen
      Das Angebot wurde abgelehnt.
      The offer was turned down.

    Conjugation

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    Further reading

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    • ablehnen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[1] (in German)
    • ablehnen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
    • ablehnen” in Duden online
    • ablehnen” in OpenThesaurus.de