abreisen

Abreisen is a German verb meaning to depart from a place in order to begin travel, to set off on a journey. It typically implies leaving a home, town, or country to go somewhere else and is used for trips away from the speaker’s current location. The action focuses on leaving rather than the destination and can refer to short or long journeys.

Grammatically, abreisen is a separable-prefix verb. In conjugated clauses, the prefix moves to the end: Sie reist morgen ab. In the perfect tense it forms with sein: Sie ist abgereist. The past participle is abgereist.

Usage and nuance: Abreisen is often contrasted with abfahren, which emphasizes departure by vehicle, and mit ausreisen or ausreisen, which focus on leaving a country to reside elsewhere. Abreisen generally denotes the act of leaving to travel, occasionally for an extended period, whereas aufbrechen can be used for starting out more broadly and without specific travel implications.

Related terms: The noun Abreise denotes the act of departure. Ausreise refers to leaving a country, typically in the context of immigration or visa rules. Common collocations include eine Reise antreten or heute Abend abreisen, illustrating the typical everyday usage.

Examples: Wir reisen nächste Woche ab. Die Firma schickt den Manager ins Ausland; er ist gestern abgereist. Abreisen is widely used in journalism, travel writing, and everyday language to describe the start of a journey.