Abteilung
German, noun/apˈtaɪ̯lʊŋ/
Abteilung is a German feminine noun meaning “department” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Teil einer größeren Einheit (Unternehmen, Kaufhaus oder Ähnlichem)”.
What does Abteilung mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedepartment
- 2
femininedivision
- 3
femininebattalion
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Teil einer größeren Einheit (Unternehmen, Kaufhaus oder Ähnlichem) 2. soldatische Einheit 3. hierarchische Stufe der biologischen Systematik der Botanik, Mykologie und Mikrobiologie 4. Unterabschnitte eines stratigraphischen Systems
noun: 1. das Abteilen 2. Teil eines Raumes
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 Abteilung
- Abteilungen plural
- Abt. alternative abbreviation
- Abtheilung alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Abteilung?
- /apˈtaɪ̯lʊŋ/
- [apˈtaɪ̯lʊŋ]
- [ˈaptaɪ̯lʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Abteilung
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Abteilung in German?
Abteilung appears 36 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).