abklappern

German

Etymology

ab- +‎ klappern

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈapˌklapɐn]
  • Hyphenation: ab‧klap‧pern
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Verb

abklappern (weak, third-person singular present klappert ab, past tense klapperte ab, past participle abgeklappert, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to go down the list, to canvass, to trawl (to visit locations of interest from a list, systematically and often only briefly)
    Wir mussten viele Geschäfte abklappern, um das richtige Modell zu finden.
    We had to trawl through many shops to find the right model.
    alle Sehenswürdigkeiten abklappernto check off all the sights

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