Usage Note
Abbieger is used in traffic contexts to describe vehicles (or cyclists) making a turn. Traffic engineers distinguish Linksabbieger and Rechtsabbieger; both are subsets of Abbieger and appear in accident statistics.
Examples
"Der Abbieger hatte das Fahrrad übersehen."
Natural Translation
The turning vehicle had missed the bicycle.
Literal Translation
The turning-vehicle had the bicycle overlooked.
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