Polyglot Dictionary

abbrennen

/ˈapˌbʁɛnən/

verb B2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present
brennt ab
past
brannte ab
perfect
ist abgebrannt

Meaning

  1. to burn down

    Built from ab (off, away) + brennen (to burn).

    • Das Haus ist abgebrannt.

      The house burned down.

    • Im letzten Sommer ist die alte Scheune abgebrannt. Die Feuerwehr kam leider zu spät.

      Last summer the old barn burned down. The fire brigade unfortunately came too late.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Made of

  • ab off, away
  • brennen to burn

Similar words

verbrennen

Abbrennen is burning down completely — a building, fireworks going off; verbrennen is the general word for burning, including getting burned.

Practice

1 What does abbrennen mean?

2 Fill the gap: Das Haus ist ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches abbrennen?

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