abholen

v/t (trennb., hat -ge-)

1. fetch; (jemanden, Brief etc.) auch call for, come for, pick up, collect; jemanden vom Bahnhof abholen meet s.o. at the station; abholen lassen send for

2. umg. euph. (verhaften) take away, bes. Brit. nick

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to call for; to pick up; to fetch; to collect

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ạb|ho|len

vt sep

to collect (bei from); Bestelltes auch to call for (bei at); Fundsache to claim (bei from); jdn to call for; (euph = verhaften) to take away

jdn am Bahnhof/Flughafen abholen — to collect sb from or to meet sb at the station/airport; (mit dem Auto auch) to pick sb up from the station/airport

ich hole dich heute Abend ab — I'll call for you or I'll pick you up this evening

er kam und wollte mich zu einem Spaziergang abholen — he called and asked me to go for a walk

etw abholen lassen — to have sth collected

"Geldbörse gefunden, abzuholen bei ..." — "purse found, claim from ..."

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1) (to collect: I'll call for you at eight o'clock.) call for

2) (to call for and take away: She collects the children from school each day.) collect

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ab|ho·len

vt

1. (kommen und mitnehmen)

▪ etw [bei jdm] \abholen to collect sth [from sb]

▪ etw \abholen lassen to have sth collected

2. (treffen und mitnehmen)

▪ jdn [irgendwo/bei jdm] \abholen to pick up sep [or collect] sb [from somewhere/from sb's [place]]

▪ sich akk [von jdm] \abholen lassen to be picked up [or collected] [by somebody]

3. (euph: verhaften)

▪ jdn \abholen to take sb away

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transitives Verb collect, pick up <thing>; pick up, fetch <person>

ich hole Sie am Bahnhof ab — I'll pick you up at the station

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abholen v/t (trennb, hat -ge-)

1. fetch; (jemanden, Brief etc) auch call for, come for, pick up, collect;

jemanden vom Bahnhof abholen meet sb at the station;

abholen lassen send for

2. umg euph (verhaften) take away, besonders Br nick

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transitives Verb collect, pick up <thing>; pick up, fetch <person>

ich hole Sie am Bahnhof ab — I'll pick you up at the station

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v.

to call for v.

to collect v.