ablehnen
to decline
- Past (Präteritum)
- lehnte ab
- Past participle
- abgelehnt (haben)
Regular weak verb using haben. It describes the act of refusing an offer, invitation, or request, often formal or polite in nature. Collocations frequently involve nouns like Antrag, Angebot, or Einladung. Note: The base verb lehnen is regular and intransitive, typically describing leaning against a surface, whereas ablehnen is transitive with a focus on rejection rather than physical orientation. Do not confuse it with anlehnen, which implies physical proximity rather than denial of an offer or premise.
Conjugation
Present
- lehnt ab
- present, singular, third-person
- lehne ab
- first-person, indicative, present, singular
- lehnen ab
- first-person, indicative, plural, present
- lehnst ab
- indicative, present, second-person, singular
- ablehne
- first-person, indicative, present, singular, subordinate-clause
- ablehnen
- first-person, indicative, plural, present, subordinate-clause
- ablehnst
- indicative, present, second-person, singular, subordinate-clause
- ablehnt
- indicative, plural, present, second-person, subordinate-clause
- lehn ab
- colloquial, first-person, form-of, present, singular
Past
- lehnte ab
- past
- lehnten ab
- first-person, indicative, plural, preterite
- lehntest ab
- indicative, preterite, second-person, singular
- lehntet ab
- indicative, plural, preterite, second-person
- ablehnte
- first-person, indicative, preterite, singular, subordinate-clause
- ablehnten
- first-person, indicative, plural, preterite, subordinate-clause
- ablehntest
- indicative, preterite, second-person, singular, subordinate-clause
- ablehntet
- indicative, plural, preterite, second-person, subordinate-clause
Subjunctive
- lehne ab
- first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- lehnen ab
- first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- lehnest ab
- second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- lehnet ab
- plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- lehnte ab
- first-person, formal, rare, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- lehnten ab
- first-person, formal, plural, rare, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- lehntest ab
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- lehntet ab
- formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- ablehne
- first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, subordinate-clause
- ablehnen
- first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, subordinate-clause
- ablehnest
- second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, subordinate-clause
- ablehnet
- plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, subordinate-clause
- ablehnte
- first-person, formal, rare, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, subordinate-clause
- ablehnten
- first-person, formal, plural, rare, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, subordinate-clause
- ablehntest
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, subordinate-clause
- ablehntet
- formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, subordinate-clause
- habe abgelehnt
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive
- haben abgelehnt
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive
- habest abgelehnt
- multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- habet abgelehnt
- multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- hätte abgelehnt
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive
- hätten abgelehnt
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive
- hättest abgelehnt
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- hättet abgelehnt
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- werde ablehnen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden ablehnen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest ablehnen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet ablehnen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- würde ablehnen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würden ablehnen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
Imperative
- lehn ab
- imperative, second-person, singular
- lehne ab
- imperative, second-person, singular
- lehnt ab
- imperative, plural, second-person
Participle
- abgelehnt
- participle, past
- ablehnend
- participle, present
Infinitive
- ablehnen
- infinitive
- abzulehnen
- infinitive, infinitive-zu
Other
- habe abgelehnt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular
- haben abgelehnt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural
- hast abgelehnt
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular
- habt abgelehnt
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person
- hat abgelehnt
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, third-person
- hatte abgelehnt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular
- hatten abgelehnt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural
- hattest abgelehnt
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular
- hattet abgelehnt
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person
- ablehnen werden
- future, future-i, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde ablehnen
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden ablehnen
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst ablehnen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet ablehnen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird ablehnen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- abgelehnt haben werden
- future, future-ii, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde abgelehnt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden abgelehnt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst abgelehnt haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet abgelehnt haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird abgelehnt haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- Ablehnen
- form-of, gerund, neuter, no-plural, strong