Polyglot Dictionary

abrüsten

/ˈapˌʁʏstn̩/

verb C1

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present
rüstet ab
past
rüstete ab
perfect
hat abgerüstet

Meaning

  1. to disarm

    • Die Länder wollen abrüsten.

      The countries want to disarm.

    • Beide Länder wollen in den nächsten Jahren abrüsten. Das haben sie in einem Vertrag festgelegt.

      Both countries want to disarm over the next few years. They laid this down in a treaty.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

entwaffnen

Abrüsten is disarmament at a national or military-policy level — reducing weapons stockpiles; entwaffnen is physically taking a weapon away from a person.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

desarmar

desarmar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to disarm."

Practice

1 What does abrüsten mean?

2 Fill the gap: Die Länder wollen ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches abrüsten?

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