abbiegen
German, verb
abbiegen is spelled A-B-B-I-E-G-E-N (8 letters) and appears 4.1 times per million words in written German, the 14,267th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abbiegen is a German verb meaning “to turn, to turn off” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Abbiegen is a different word: “gerund of abbiegen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Form eines Gegenstandes bogenartig verändern”.
What does abbiegen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to turn, to turn off
Biegen Sie jetzt links ab.
- 2
to bend, to turn (of a road, street, path, etc.)
Die Straße biegt vor uns nach links ab.
- 3
to fold (metal)
- 4
to head off, to stave off
- 5
to branch off
noun
- 1
neutergerund of abbiegen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. die Form eines Gegenstandes bogenartig verändern 2. die Richtung der Bewegung bogenartig ändern 3. vermeiden, verhindern
noun: 1. Vorgang, bei dem ein Verkehrsteilnehmer seine Fahrtrichtung bogenartig ändert 2. Handlung, bei der die Form eines Gegenstandes geändert wird
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 abbiegen
- biegt ab present singular third-person
- bog ab past
- abgebogen participle past
- böge ab past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- 2 strong
- haben or sein auxiliary
- abbiegend participle present
- abzubiegen infinitive infinitive-zu
- biege ab first-person indicative present
- biegen ab first-person indicative plural
- biegst ab indicative present second-person
- biegest ab second-person singular subjunctive
- bieget ab plural second-person subjunctive
- bogen ab first-person indicative plural
- bögen ab first-person formal plural
- bogst ab indicative preterite second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to abbiegen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abbiegen in German?
abbiegen appears 4.1 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).