Verb

abarbeiten

to work off (a debt, the items on a to-do list, etc); to resolve or take care of something by working

C1 rank #10,804

Meanings

Verb

to work off (a debt, the items on a to-do list, etc); to resolve or take care of something by working
to work hard, to slave away

In a sentence

Wir müssen die offenen Aufgaben nacheinander abarbeiten.

We need to work through the outstanding tasks one by one.

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Forms

abarbeiten · arbeitet ab · arbeitete ab · hat abgearbeitet (+ Akkusativ)

abarbeiten is C1 German — advanced vocabulary, ranked #10,804 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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