abwenden

C1 Verb frequency rank #8,381

What abwenden means

Verb

to turn away; avert
to ward off; prevent

Forms

abwenden · wendet ab · wendete ab · hat abgewendet (+ Akkusativ)

Pronunciation

abwenden in a sentence

Er kann seine Augen nicht von ihr abwenden.

He can't take his eyes off her.

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abwenden is C1 German — advanced vocabulary, ranked #8,381 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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