Abstieg
German, noun
Abstieg is a German masculine noun meaning “dismounting, the act of getting off something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, abstieg is a different word: “first/third-person singular dependent preterite of absteigen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “das Herunterklettern aus der Höhe in tiefere Bereiche”.
What does Abstieg mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedismounting, the act of getting off something
- 2
masculinedescent, going downwards (e.g. from a hill)
- 3
masculinerelegation, sinking to a lower league
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular dependent preterite of absteigen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. das Herunterklettern aus der Höhe in tiefere Bereiche 2. die Verringerung eines Niveaus, zum Beispiel des sozialen Status 3. der Wechsel in eine niedrigere Liga oder Klasse
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 Abstieg
- Abstiegs genitive
- Abstieges genitive
- Abstiege plural
- Abstiegen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Abstieg
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Abstieg in German?
Abstieg appears 10 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).