abwiegen
German, verb
abwiegen is a German verb meaning “to weigh, to weigh out” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Abwiegen is a different word: “gerund of abwiegen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “das gewünschte Gewicht oder die gewünschte Masse durch Wiegen erreichen”.
What does abwiegen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to weigh, to weigh out
noun
- 1
neutergerund of abwiegen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. das gewünschte Gewicht oder die gewünschte Masse durch Wiegen erreichen 2. gut überlegen, abwägen
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 abwiegen
- wiegt ab present singular third-person
- wog ab past
- abgewogen participle past
- wöge ab past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 2 strong
- abwiegend participle present
- abzuwiegen infinitive infinitive-zu
- wiege ab first-person indicative present
- wiegen ab first-person indicative plural
- wiegst ab indicative present second-person
- wiegest ab second-person singular subjunctive
- wieget ab plural second-person subjunctive
- wogen ab first-person indicative plural
- wögen ab first-person formal plural
- wogst ab indicative preterite second-person
- wogt ab indicative plural preterite
- wögest ab formal rare second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to abwiegen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abwiegen in German?
abwiegen appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).