abberufen
German, verb
abberufen is spelled A-B-B-E-R-U-F-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 50,363rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abberufen is a German verb meaning “to withdraw” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Abberufen is a different word: “gerund of abberufen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden von seinem Amt oder seiner Funktion entheben”.
What does abberufen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to withdraw
- 2
to recall
noun
- 1
neutergerund of abberufen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemanden von seinem Amt oder seiner Funktion entheben 2. sterben lassen
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 abberufen
- beruft ab present singular third-person
- berief ab past
- haben auxiliary
- 7 strong
- abberufend participle present
- abzuberufen infinitive infinitive-zu
- berufe ab first-person indicative present
- berufen ab first-person indicative plural
- berufst ab indicative present second-person
- berufest ab second-person singular subjunctive
- berufet ab plural second-person subjunctive
- beriefen ab first-person indicative plural
- beriefe ab first-person formal rare
- beriefst ab indicative preterite second-person
- berieft ab indicative plural preterite
- beriefest ab formal rare second-person
- beriefet ab formal plural rare
- beruf ab! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is abberufen in German?
abberufen appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).