abarten
German, verb
abarten is spelled A-B-A-R-T-E-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 165,772nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abarten is a German verb meaning “to deviate, to degenerate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Abarten is a different word: “plural of Abart”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “von der Art, der Norm abweichen”.
What does abarten mean in English?
verb
- 1
datedto deviate, to degenerate
noun
- 1
plural of Abart
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. von der Art, der Norm abweichen
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 abarten
- artet ab present singular third-person
- artete ab past
- abgeartet participle past
- sein auxiliary
- abartend participle present
- abzuarten infinitive infinitive-zu
- arte ab first-person indicative present
- arten ab first-person indicative plural
- artest ab indicative present second-person
- arteten ab first-person indicative plural
- artetest ab indicative preterite second-person
- artetet ab indicative plural preterite
- arte ab! imperative singular
- artet ab! imperative plural
- abgeartet sein active infinitive perfect
- abgeartet zu sein active extended infinitive
- art ab! imperative second-person singular
- sei abgeartet! imperative uncommon second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is abarten in German?
abarten appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).