Verb
krankschreiben
to sign somebody off sick
C1
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Meanings
Verb
- to sign somebody off sick
- to write someone a sick note (to attest as a doctor that someone is sick and therefore exempt from work or education for a given time)
In a sentence
Der Arzt hat mich für eine Woche krankgeschrieben.
The doctor signed me off sick for a week.
Forms
krankschreibenschreibt krankschrieb krankhat krankgeschrieben+ Akkusativseparable