ablösen

B2 Verb frequency rank #9,093

What ablösen means

Verb

to detach, to remove, to peel off
to supersede, to displace, to replace, to take over from
to relieve
to pay off (a debt, mortgage etc. in one lump sum)

Forms

ablösen · löst ab · löste ab · hat abgelöst

Pronunciation

ablösen in a sentence

Die alte Farbe lässt sich mit einem Spachtel leicht ablösen.

The old paint comes off easily with a scraper.

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ablösen is B2 German — upper-intermediate vocabulary, ranked #9,093 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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