abbilden
German, verb
abbilden is spelled A-B-B-I-L-D-E-N (8 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written German, the 21,569th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abbilden is a German verb meaning “to portray, to depict, to picture” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Abbilden is a different word: “gerund of abbilden”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas visuell darstellen oder zeigen, etwa auf einem Foto oder in einer Zeichnung”.
What does abbilden mean in English?
verb
- 1
to portray, to depict, to picture
- 2
to map, to outline
noun
- 1
neutergerund of abbilden
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas visuell darstellen oder zeigen, etwa auf einem Foto oder in einer Zeichnung 2. ein Element einer Menge einem anderen Element zuordnen
noun: 1. das visuelle Darstellen von etwas 2. das Zuordnen von Elementen einer Menge zu Elementen einer anderen Menge
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 abbilden
- bildet ab present singular third-person
- bildete ab past
- abgebildet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- abbildend participle present
- abzubilden infinitive infinitive-zu
- bilde ab first-person indicative present
- bilden ab first-person indicative plural
- bildest ab indicative present second-person
- bildeten ab first-person indicative plural
- bildetest ab indicative preterite second-person
- bildetet ab indicative plural preterite
- abbildern variant
- [2] a↦b (a wird abgebildet auf b) symbol
- bild ab! imperative singular
- bilde ab! imperative singular
- bildet ab! imperative plural
- abgebildet haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to abbilden
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abbilden in German?
abbilden appears 2.3 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).