abkratzen

See also: Abkratzen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German abekratzen. Equivalent to ab- +‎ kratzen. Compare Dutch opkrassen.

Pronunciation

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Verb

abkratzen (weak, third-person singular present kratzt ab, past tense kratzte ab, past participle abgekratzt, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. (transitive) to scrape, to scratch something off of something [auxiliary haben]
  2. (intransitive, vulgar) to kick the bucket, to snuff it, to croak [auxiliary sein]
  3. (intransitive, vulgar, dated) to leave [auxiliary sein]

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