abätzen
German, verb
abätzen is spelled A-B-Ä-T-Z-E-N (7 letters). Abätzen is a German verb meaning “to clean or remove with etchants” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Abätzen is a different word: “gerund of abätzen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “mithilfe ätzender Substanzen beseitigen”.
What does abätzen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to clean or remove with etchants
noun
- 1
neutergerund of abätzen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mithilfe ätzender Substanzen beseitigen 2. mithilfe ätzender Substanzen säubern 3. veraltet, in Bezug auf Tiere: abfressen
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 abätzen
- ätzt ab present singular third-person
- ätzte ab past
- abgeätzt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- abätzend participle present
- abzuätzen infinitive infinitive-zu
- ätze ab first-person indicative present
- ätzen ab first-person indicative plural
- ätzest ab second-person singular subjunctive
- ätzet ab plural second-person subjunctive
- ätzten ab first-person indicative plural
- ätztest ab indicative preterite second-person
- ätztet ab indicative plural preterite
- abetzen alternative
- ätz ab! imperative singular
- ätze ab! imperative singular
- ätzt ab! imperative plural
- abgeätzt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).