# ab-

ab- is a German prefix meaning “off”.

## In other languages

- Русский: при добавлении к образует прилагательные со значением изменения, неправильности

## Meanings

1. Separable verb prefix that indicates removal or quitting, off, away.
   - ab- + fahren (“to drive”) → abfahren (“to depart, drive away”)
2. Separable verb prefix that indicates a downward movement, down.
   - ab- + tauchen (“to dive”) → abtauchen (“to submerge”)
3. Separable verb prefix that indicates from or of.
4. Noun prefix that indicates being different from the source or deviation.
   - ab- + Art (“kind, sort”) → Abart (“variety, variant, anomality”)

## Related words

- Antonym: an-, auf-, rauf-, hinauf-, herauf-

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