abbitten
German, verb
abbitten is spelled A-B-B-I-T-T-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 74 million words in written German, the 535,730th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abbitten is a German verb meaning “to ask for pardon for” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Abbitten is a different word: “plural of Abbitte "apology"”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden für etwas um Verzeihung bitten”.
What does abbitten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to ask for pardon for
noun
- 1
plural of Abbitte "apology"
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemanden für etwas um Verzeihung bitten
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 abbitten
- bittet ab present singular third-person
- bat ab past
- abgebeten participle past
- bäte ab past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 5 strong
- abbittend participle present
- abzubitten infinitive infinitive-zu
- bitte ab first-person indicative present
- bitten ab first-person indicative plural
- bittest ab indicative present second-person
- baten ab first-person indicative plural
- bäten ab first-person formal plural
- batest ab indicative preterite second-person
- batst ab indicative preterite second-person
- batet ab indicative plural preterite
- bätest ab formal rare second-person
- bätet ab formal plural rare
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is abbitten in German?
abbitten appears about once in every 74 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).