Absage

See also: absage and absäge

German

Etymology

Back-formation from absagen.

Pronunciation

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Hyphenation: Ab‧sa‧ge
IPA^(key): /ˈapˌsaːɡə/, [ˈʔapˌsaːɡə]
Homophone: absage

Noun

Absage f (genitive Absage, plural Absagen)

refusal, rejection
Sie hat dem Mann eine Absage erteilt.
She rejected the man.
literally: She has given the man a rejection.

word-for-word: She has the man a rejection given.

Declension

Declension of Absage

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Absage	die	Absagen
genitive	einer	der	Absage	der	Absagen
dative	einer	der	Absage	den	Absagen
accusative	eine	die	Absage	die	Absagen

Antonyms

Zusage

Further reading

Absage in Duden online

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