Abbiss
German, noun
Abbiss is spelled A-B-B-I-S-S (6 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written German, the 317,631st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abbiss is a German masculine noun meaning “devil's bit scabious (Succisa pratensis)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, abbiss is a different word: “first/third-person singular dependent preterite of abbeißen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Pflanzenart aus der Gattung Succisa in der Unterfamilie der Kardengewächse (Dipsacoideae) innerhalb der…”.
What does Abbiss mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedevil's bit scabious (Succisa pratensis).
- 2
masculineplant part bitten off by game
- 3
masculinethe spot on a plant where a part has been bitten off by game
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular dependent preterite of abbeißen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pflanzenart aus der Gattung Succisa in der Unterfamilie der Kardengewächse (Dipsacoideae) innerhalb der Geißblattgewächse (Caprifoliaceae) 2. vom Wild abgebissener Pflanzentrieb 3. vom Wild beschädigte Stelle an Pflanzen
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 Abbiss
- Abbisses genitive
- Abbisse plural
- Abbissen dative definite plural
- Abbiß obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is Abbiss in German?
Abbiss appears about once in every 30 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).