abseilen

German

Etymology

From ab- + Seil + -en.

Verb

abseilen (third-person singular simple present seilt ab, past tense seilte ab, past participle abgeseilt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to descend
  2. (slang) to take a dump, as in "einen abseilen". "Einen" is the accusative of the male indefinite article "ein", so "einen abseilen" fully extended means "einen Scheißhaufen abseilen", translating as "to rope down a pile of shit", using the often graphic character of German youth language.

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • Abseilen
  • Abseilung
  • Abseilerei
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