canceln
German
Etymology
Borrowed from English cancel. Doublet of kanzellieren. Compare also abkanzeln.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɛ(ː)nsəln/, [ˈkɛn.sl̩n], [ˈkɛːn-], [-t͡sl̩n]
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: can‧celn
Verb
canceln (weak or irregular weak, third-person singular present cancelt, past tense cancelte, past participle gecancelt or (both rare and nonstandard) gecancelled or gecanceled, auxiliary haben)
- (originally and still chiefly aviation) to cancel, annul
- Synonyms: streichen, absagen, annullieren
- (politics, neologism) to cancel, boycot (cause moral panic to make someone lose financial and social support)
- 2021 December 8, Cathrin Gilbert, quoting Julian Reichelt, “Herr Reichelt, können Sie ohne "Bild" leben?”, in Die Zeit[1]:
- Wie gesagt, dies ist kein MeToo-Fall. Und ich war nicht der Erste, der bei so was seinen Job verloren hat oder gecancelt worden ist, wie man jetzt sagt.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
Conjugation of canceln (weak or irregular weak, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | canceln | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | cancelnd | ||||
| past participle | gecancelt gecancelled1 gecanceled1 | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich cancle ich cancele ich cancel |
wir canceln | i | ich cancele ich cancle |
wir canceln |
| du cancelst | ihr cancelt | du cancelest du canclest |
ihr cancelet ihr canclet | ||
| er cancelt | sie canceln | er cancele er cancle |
sie canceln | ||
| preterite | ich cancelte | wir cancelten | ii | ich cancelte2 | wir cancelten2 |
| du canceltest | ihr canceltet | du canceltest2 | ihr canceltet2 | ||
| er cancelte | sie cancelten | er cancelte2 | sie cancelten2 | ||
| imperative | cancle (du) cancel (du) cancele (du) |
cancelt (ihr) | |||
1Rare, nonstandard.
2Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of canceln (weak or irregular weak, auxiliary haben)
1Rare, nonstandard.
Derived terms
- Cancelkultur