abräumen
German, verb
abräumen is a German verb meaning “to clear away, to clear (by taking away items)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Abräumen is a different word: “gerund of abräumen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gegenstände von einer Oberfläche entfernen”.
What does abräumen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to clear away, to clear (by taking away items)
den Tisch abräumen
- 2
to clear (the remaining bowling pins)
- 3
to earn (an honor, a medal, etc.)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of abräumen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Gegenstände von einer Oberfläche entfernen 2. alle Kegel/Pins durch Werfen von Kugeln umstoßen 3. Abraum entfernen 4. einen oder mehrere Preise gewinnen; einen Sieg erringen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of abräumen
- räumt ab present singular third-person
- räumte ab past
- abgeräumt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- abräumend participle present
- abzuräumen infinitive infinitive-zu
- räume ab first-person indicative present
- räumen ab first-person indicative plural
- räumst ab indicative present second-person
- räumest ab second-person singular subjunctive
- räumet ab plural second-person subjunctive
- räumten ab first-person indicative plural
- räumtest ab indicative preterite second-person
- räumtet ab indicative plural preterite
- räume ab! imperative singular
- räum ab! imperative singular
- räumt ab! imperative plural
- abgeräumt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to abräumen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abräumen in German?
abräumen appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).