German VERB B1 Rank 16263

stornieren

to cancel

stornieren – stornierte – hat storniert

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Forms adapted from the German Wiktionary entry stornieren, by Wiktionary contributors, licence CC BY-SA 4.0.

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stornieren vs absagen

to cancel

Absagen is used mainly for appointments, arrangements, and events. Stornieren is especially suited to a booking, order, or purchase and sounds more formal. So choose the verb based on the type of thing that is being canceled.

Visual example for absagen
stornieren

Ich stornierte die Hotelbuchung für morgen.

I canceled the hotel booking for tomorrow.

absagen

Ich sagte den vereinbarten Arzttermin für morgen ab.

I canceled the doctor’s appointment scheduled for tomorrow.

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