Abfall

German

Etymology

ab- (“from”) +‎ Fall (“fall”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈapfal]
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: Ab‧fall

Noun

Abfall m (genitive Abfalles, plural Abfälle)

  1. waste, garbage, rubbish, litter
    radioaktiver Abfall
    radioactive waste
  2. decrease, decline, drop
  3. (religion) apostasy
    Abfall vom Glauben ― apostasy from the creed
  4. (obsolete) shutter, lid
    • 1680, Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien, “Abfall”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎ (in Ottoman Turkish, Turkish, Latin, German, Italian, French, and Polish), Vienna, column 3865:
      کپنک kepenk. Decipula & janua seu fenestra lignea, quae elevatur in officinis, aut tabernis ad arcendam pluviam, umbramque captandam. Abfall/Ladenfall Trappola di casa, balconata di bottega. Lápáczká/dách u kramnicy.
       

Declension
Declension of Abfall
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Abfall die Abfälle
genitive eines des Abfalls der Abfälle
dative einem dem Abfall den Abfällen
accusative einen den Abfall die Abfälle

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • (waste): Abfallwirtschaft, Abfalleimer, Bauabfall, Bioabfall, Gartenabfall
  • (decline): Druckabfall (decline of pressure)

Further reading
  • “Abfall” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Abfall in Duden online
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