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abspielen

[ˈʔapʃpiːln̩] verb B1
  1. to play (a tape, a movie, an audio or video file etc.); to replay · Dieses Gerät kann auch Videodateien abspielen. This device can also play video files.
  2. to pass, to play off · Er war gezwungen, den Ball abzuspielen. He was forced to pass the ball.
  3. to happen, to go like (of a story, occurrence, event) (reflexive) · Heute spielt sich hier nichts mehr ab. Nothing is going to happen here today.· Tatsächlich hat es sich eher so abgespielt: Instead, the story went more like this:
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Verb forms

Infinitive
abspielen
Present (er)
spielt ab
Präteritum (er)
spielte ab
Perfekt (er)
hat abgespielt
Infinitive with zu
abzuspielen

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