abnehmen

B1 Verb frequency rank #2,837

What abnehmen means

Verb

to lose weight; to decrease
to take off (to remove something that is attached to something or on top of it)
to shave off (a beard, especially a full beard or moustache)
to amputate (a limb)
to pick up (the phone)

Forms

abnehmen · nimmt ab · nahm ab · hat abgenommen

Pronunciation

abnehmen in a sentence

Seit Januar hat er fünf Kilo abgenommen.

He has lost five kilos since January.

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abnehmen is B1 German — intermediate vocabulary, ranked #2,837 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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