abgeben - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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From Old High German abageban, from Proto-Germanic *abagebaną; equivalent to ab- (“from”) + geben (“give”).
abgeben (class 5 strong, third-person singular present gibt ab, past tense gab ab, past participle abgegeben, past subjunctive gäbe ab, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to give up, relinquish, let go, concede, hand over, etc. (power, money, valuable objects, etc.)
Der Diktator gibt die Macht nicht freiwillig ab, obwohl er die Unterstützung des Volkes verloren hat.
- The dictator is not voluntarily relinquishing power despite losing the support of the people.
- (transitive) to give away, give out (samples, promotional goods, bags, etc., also items for charity)
Die Bank gibt mit jedem neuen Konto einen kostenlosen Kalender ab.
- The bank issues a free calendar with every new account.
- (transitive) to hand in, to turn in, to drop off, to deliver, to return [with accusative ‘something’ and bei (+ dative) ‘to its owner or a responsible party’]
Ich muss nach dem Auszug aus der Wohnung den Schlüssel abgeben.
- I must turn the key in after moving out of the apartment.
- (transitive) to turn in [with accusative ‘schoolwork, an application, anything that requires evaluation’ and bei (+ dative) ‘to a teacher/professor/etc.’]
Ich habe meine Hausaufgaben bei der Lehrerin abgegeben.
- I turned in my homework to the teacher.
- (transitive) to sell (cheaply or at a reduced price)
Der Laden gibt Lampen billig ab.
- The store sells lamps cheaply.
- (transitive) to deposit (for storage or similar purpose, something in a designated storage area or receptacle)
Wo kann ich mein Gepäck abgeben? Dort bei der Gepäckaufbewahrung.
- Where can I deposit my luggage? There in the luggage storage.
- to lose (value or according to some numerical measure, especially gains made in the recent past)
Das Unternehmen hat viel von dem im letzten Jahr gewonnenen Marktanteil abgegeben.
- The company lost much of the market share gained over the past year.
- (transitive) to give (a part of), to share (with) [with dative ‘to someone’ and accusative ‘something’]
Ich gebe dir die Hälfte meines Desserts ab.
- I'm giving you half of my dessert.
- (transitive, sports) to give up (a point, round, goal, etc. to an opponent)
Das Team hat in der Saison nur 10 Punkte abgegeben.
- The team allowed only 10 points in the season.
- (transitive) to emit, to give off, to release, to radiate
Altmodische Glühbirnen geben viel Wärme ab.
- Old-fashioned lightbulbs give off a lot of heat.
- (transitive) to pass on (a responsibility or duty)
Die Ermittler haben das Verfahren an ihre Bundeskollegen abgegeben.
- The investigators handed the case over to their federal colleagues.
- (reflexive) to bother oneself with someone/something, to associate with someone/something, to mess around with someone
Damit gibt er sich nicht ab.
- He doesn't bother himself with it.
- (sports, transitive) to pass (a ball)
- (transitive) to make (constitute, develop into, prove to be)
Du würdest einen guten Clown abgeben.
- You'd make a good clown.
- (transitive) to submit (a report)
- (transitive) to give (an opinion, statement, explanation),
- (transitive) to fire (a shot)
- (transitive) to cast (a vote)
- (transitive) to provide (plot, background, exposition, etc. in a work of fiction)