Vocabulary
abrechnen
/ˈapˌʁɛçnən/· verb
to bill, to charge (for); to settle up
Abrechnen is what the office does with your hours and material: it turns them into an invoice (die Abrechnung). Colleagues also abrechnen after a shared trip — they settle up who paid what.
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Conjugation
- ich
- rechne ab
- du
- rechnest ab
- er/sie/es
- rechnet ab
- wir
- rechnen ab
- ihr
- rechnet ab
- sie/Sie
- rechnen ab
Perfekt hat abgerechnetPräteritum rechnete ab
One word, many lives
Tap a meaning. Real German isn't a dictionary translation.
abrechnen
to bill, to charge for
Die Anfahrt rechnen wir extra ab.
We charge for the journey separately.
Word family
abrechnendie Abrechnunginvoice, statement; settling uprechnento calculatedie Rechnunginvoice, billberechnento charge; to calculate
Common combinations
- nach Stunden abrechnento bill by the hour
- als Pauschale abrechnento bill as a flat rate
- mit dem Kunden abrechnento bill the customer
Real examples
- Den Notdienst am Samstag rechnen wir getrennt ab.We bill Saturday's emergency call-out separately.
- Hast du die Stunden für Familie Becker schon abgerechnet?Have you already billed the hours for the Beckers?
- Das Büro rechnet jeden Monat alle Aufträge ab.The office bills all the jobs every month.
