Vokabahn

Verb

abwehren

to fend off, to block

B1 rank #10,309

Meanings

Verb
  1. to fend off, to block
  2. to fend off, to repel, to keep away
  3. to refuse, to say no
  4. to deflect (change the path of a shot or throw by unwittingly touching the ball)

In a sentence

Der Torwart wehrte den harten Schuss stark ab.

The keeper did well to block the fierce shot.

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Forms

abwehren · wehrt ab · wehrte ab · hat abgewehrt (+ Akkusativ) · separable

abwehren is B1 German — intermediate vocabulary, ranked #10,309 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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