abladen

ab- +‎ laden

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• Hyphenation: ab‧la‧den
• IPA^(key): /ˈapˌlaːdən/, [ˈʔapˌlaːdn̩]

abladen (class 6 strong, third-person singular present lädt ab, past tense lud ab, past participle abgeladen, past subjunctive lüde ab, auxiliary haben)

1. to unload
   1. to put away or down the freight

      Die Ware ist vom Lastwagen abgeladen worden.

      The wares have been unloaded from the truck.

      Nachdem er der Paketbote das Paket im Keller abgeladen hatte, konnte er die Zahlung entgegennehmen.

      After putting the parcel in the basement (i. e. from his shoulders or arms), the courier could take the payment.

      Antonym: aufladen

      Hyponym: (if it was in the inner of something) ausladen

   2. to empty by put away the freight from the inner of

      Der Lastwagen ist abgeladen worden.

      The truck has been unloaded

      Antonym: beladen

2. (transferred senses, slightly informal)
   1. to pass on, to ascribe the responsibility for (to do a labelling speech act compared to literal unloading)

      Schuld abladen verboten!

      Passing on guilt is forbidden! (A sign one can buy)

      Synonyms: abwälzen, abschieben

   2. by pass on and thus make affected by (in a manner which is compared to literal unloading)

      Als er nach Hause kam, hat er seinen Groll abgeladen.

      When he came home he unloaded his anger.

   3. to do both of the two aforementioned in one – to make affected by ascribing to

      Da er sah, dass er es nicht kann, hat er die Verantwortung auf mich abgeladen.

      As he saw that he cannot do it he put me into the responsibility for it.

3. to cancel the subpoena of

   Der Zeuge ist vom Gericht nicht wirksam abgeladen worden, so dass seine Verpflichtung zu erscheinen fortbestand.

   The witness has not received an effective cancellation of his due date by the court so that he was still legally required to appear for testimony.

   Antonym: laden

• Ablader, Abladung

• Abladen
• abladend, abgeladen
• aufladen, ausladen, beladen, einladen, verladen

• “abladen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “abladen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “abladen” in Duden online
• “abladen” in OpenThesaurus.de
• Michael Robert, Karin Doerr (2002) Nazi-Deutsch/Nazi-German: An English lexicon of the language of the Third Reich, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, →ISBN, page 50