abschreiben

B1 Verb frequency rank #9,820

What abschreiben means

Verb

to transcribe, copy (reproduce writing)
to plagiarize, copy
to write off
to consider something a write-off, as in colloquial use; to call defeat

Forms

abschreiben · schreibt ab · schrieb ab · hat abgeschrieben

Pronunciation

abschreiben in a sentence

Er hat den Text Wort für Wort abgeschrieben.

He copied the text word for word.

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abschreiben is B1 German — intermediate vocabulary, ranked #9,820 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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