ablehnen

B1 Verb frequency rank #4,315

What ablehnen means

Verb

to decline, refuse, reject, turn down

Forms

ablehnen · lehnt ab · lehnte ab · hat abgelehnt (+ Akkusativ)

Pronunciation

ablehnen in a sentence

Warum habt ihr seine Bitte um eine Lohnerhöhung abgelehnt?

Why did you turn down his request for a pay raise?

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ablehnen is B1 German — intermediate vocabulary, ranked #4,315 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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