"call off" in German call-off Lieferabruf to call off rückgängig machen absagen Detailed translations for "call off" call-off call-off der Lieferabruf{masculine} to call off to call off(also: to annul, to undo, to rescind) rückgängig machen to call off(also: to renege) absagen{transitive verb} Just talked to every muckity-muck in the city, trying to call off the V.E. day celebration. Source: opensubtitles.org Corpus by OPUS Request review absagen lassen. He knows Keiko probably doesn't want to call off the marriage. Source: opensubtitles.org Corpus by OPUS Request review Er weiß, dass Keiko die Hochzeit im Grunde nicht absagen will.