🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

abdanken

Pronunciation / Transliteration: abdanken

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Abdicate/ˈæb.dɪ.keɪt/
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Der König beschloss, zugunsten seines Sohnes abzudanken."

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1 sense
As verb
  1. 1

    To renounce or relinquish a throne, high office, or responsibility.

    "The king decided to abdicate the throne in favor of his eldest son."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Late 15th century (in the sense 'renounce, reject'): from Latin abdicat- 'disowned, renounced', from the verb abdicare, from ab- 'away, from' + dicare 'proclaim'.

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