"ab" meaning in German

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Adjective

IPA: /ap/ [Germany], /ɑp/ [Germany], /ɑb̥/ (note: Switzerland, Austro-Bavarian)
Rhymes: -ap Etymology: From adverbial use of the prefix ab- in verbs such as abschlagen, abgehen etc. Compare English off. Etymology templates: {{l|de|ab-}} ab-, {{cog|en|off}} English off Head templates: {{de-adj|indecl.predonly}} ab (indeclinable, predicative only) Inflection templates: {{de-adecl|indecl.predonly}}
  1. (colloquial, predicative only) off; not attached to anything anymore Tags: colloquial, indeclinable, predicative
    Sense id: en-ab-de-adj-FfDnu~Jf
  2. (nonstandard, attributive) off; not attached to anything anymore Tags: attributive, indeclinable, nonstandard, predicative
    Sense id: en-ab-de-adj-FfDnu~Jf1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: abseits
Etymology number: 2

Preposition

IPA: /ap/ [Germany], /ɑp/ [Germany], /ɑb̥/ (note: Switzerland, Austro-Bavarian)
Rhymes: -ap Etymology: From Middle High German abe, ab, from Old High German ab, from Proto-West Germanic *ab, from Proto-Germanic *ab. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|abe, ab}} Middle High German abe, ab, {{der|de|goh|ab}} Old High German ab, {{der|de|gmw-pro|*ab}} Proto-West Germanic *ab, {{der|de|gem-pro|*ab}} Proto-Germanic *ab Head templates: {{head|de|preposition}} ab
  1. beginning at that time or location; from Tags: with-dative Derived forms: ab und zu
    Sense id: en-ab-de-prep-ayXCrcvg Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German prepositions Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 12 12 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

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          "expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål: ab",
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German abe, ab, from Old High German ab, from Proto-West Germanic *ab, from Proto-Germanic *ab.",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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        }
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        {
          "english": "Available from today.",
          "text": "Ab heute verfügbar.",
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        "beginning at that time or location; from"
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    },
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      "rhymes": "-ap"
    }
  ],
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}

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        {
          "english": "The arm is (hewn) off.",
          "text": "Der Arm ist ab.",
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        }
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        "off; not attached to anything anymore"
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        "(colloquial, predicative only) off; not attached to anything anymore"
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      "tags": [
        "Germany"
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      "ipa": "/ɑb̥/",
      "note": "Switzerland, Austro-Bavarian"
    },
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    }
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}
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    "German terms derived from Old High German",
    "German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "German terms inherited from Middle High German",
    "German terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "German uncomparable adjectives",
    "Rhymes:German/ap",
    "Rhymes:German/ap/1 syllable"
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        {
          "english": "Available from today.",
          "text": "Ab heute verfügbar.",
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        }
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        "beginning at that time or location; from"
      ],
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          "from"
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      "tags": [
        "Germany"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/ɑp/",
      "tags": [
        "Germany"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɑb̥/",
      "note": "Switzerland, Austro-Bavarian"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ap"
    }
  ],
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}

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    "German adjectives",
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    "German lemmas",
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  ],
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      "word": "abseits"
    }
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      ],
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        {
          "english": "The arm is (hewn) off.",
          "text": "Der Arm ist ab.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "off; not attached to anything anymore"
      ],
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        "(colloquial, predicative only) off; not attached to anything anymore"
      ],
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      ],
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      ],
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      "tags": [
        "Germany"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɑp/",
      "tags": [
        "Germany"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɑb̥/",
      "note": "Switzerland, Austro-Bavarian"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ap"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ab"
}

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