verabschieden
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [fɛʁˈʔapˌʃiːdn̩]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ver‧ab‧schie‧den
Verb
verabschieden (weak, third-person singular present verabschiedet, past tense verabschiedete, past participle verabschiedet, auxiliary haben)
- (reflexive) to say goodbye; to take leave
- (reflexive with von or transitive) to say goodbye to someone; to take leave of someone
- (transitive) to see off; to dismiss
- (transitive, politics) to adopt; to pass (a law, resolution, etc.)
Usage notes
- Both reflexive and transitive uses are possible when the subject is the host who stays behind. Only reflexive use is possible referring to those leaving.
Conjugation
Conjugation of verabschieden (weak, auxiliary haben)
infinitive | verabschieden | ||||
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present participle | verabschiedend | ||||
past participle | verabschiedet | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich verabschiede | wir verabschieden | i | ich verabschiede | wir verabschieden |
du verabschiedest | ihr verabschiedet | du verabschiedest | ihr verabschiedet | ||
er verabschiedet | sie verabschieden | er verabschiede | sie verabschieden | ||
preterite | ich verabschiedete | wir verabschiedeten | ii | ich verabschiedete1 | wir verabschiedeten1 |
du verabschiedetest | ihr verabschiedetet | du verabschiedetest1 | ihr verabschiedetet1 | ||
er verabschiedete | sie verabschiedeten | er verabschiedete1 | sie verabschiedeten1 | ||
imperative | verabschied (du) verabschiede (du) |
verabschiedet (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of verabschieden (weak, auxiliary haben)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “verabschieden” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “verabschieden” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “verabschieden” in Duden online
- “verabschieden” in OpenThesaurus.de
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