Приставка -ab в немецком. Запоминаем за 1 видео!

🧲 The prefix ab- in German means that something is separated, removed, completed, falling, or moving downwards/away: • abnehmen — to decrease/remove (to lose weight, to pick up a phone, to move away from oneself) • abgeben — to give/hand over (to separate from oneself) • abstehen — to stick out/stick out (to move aside) • ablassen — to drain/release (water, air) • abschließen — to lock/finish (to close completely) • abfallen — to fall/decrease (to fall down or away) • abfahren — to depart/leave (to move away) • ablegen — to hand over/put aside (an exam, clothes) • absetzen — to disembark/take off (passengers, glasses, hat) • abhören — to listen (to audio, a patient) • absagen — to cancel/refuse (to remove from plans) • abhängen — to depend/to take off (to depend on something, to take off the hook) 🎯 The essence of ab- is "to unhook," "to switch off," or "to finish": to leave, to take off a jacket, to cancel a meeting, or to finish something!