Abandon
German, noun[abɑ̃ˈdɔ̃ː]
Abandon is spelled A-B-A-N-D-O-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written German, the 208,435th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abandon is a German masculine noun meaning “abandonment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Abtretung von Rechten und Sachen oder der Verzicht auf diese”.
What does Abandon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineabandonment
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. die Abtretung von Rechten und Sachen oder der Verzicht auf diese
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 Abandon
- Abandons genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Abandon?
- [abɑ̃ˈdɔ̃ː]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Abandon in German?
Abandon appears about once in every 14 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).