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abziehen

German, verb

abziehen is a German verb meaning “to subtract, to deduct” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Abziehen is a different word: “gerund of abziehen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich entfernen”.

What does abziehen mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to subtract, to deduct

    Das wird von deinem Lohn abgezogen.

  2. 2

    to pull out

  3. 3

    to leave

  4. 4

    to pull the trigger

  5. 5

    colloquialto rip off (to cheat, to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate)

  6. 6

    to skin (an animal)

    Sie hat dem Hasen das Fell abgezogen

  7. 7

    to sharpen (a blade)

  8. 8

    to sand down (wooden flooring); to sweep (a clay tennis court)

noun

as Abziehen
  1. 1

    neutergerund of abziehen

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. sich entfernen 2. etwas von etwas herunter-, wegziehen oder entfernen 3. subtrahieren 4. durch Reibung schärfen

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 abziehen

  • zieht ab present singular third-person
  • zog ab past
  • abgezogen participle past
  • zöge ab past subjunctive
  • haben auxiliary
  • sein auxiliary
  • 2 strong
  • haben or sein auxiliary
  • abziehend participle present
  • abzuziehen infinitive infinitive-zu
  • ziehe ab first-person indicative present
  • ziehen ab first-person indicative plural
  • ziehst ab indicative present second-person
  • ziehest ab second-person singular subjunctive
  • ziehet ab plural second-person subjunctive
  • zogen ab first-person indicative plural
  • zögen ab first-person formal plural
  • zogst ab indicative preterite second-person

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to abziehen

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is abziehen in German?

abziehen appears 5.8 times per million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).