abblasen
German, verb
abblasen is spelled A-B-B-L-A-S-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 108,721st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abblasen is a German verb meaning “to blow off something (e.g., dust); to blow clear” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Abblasen is a different word: “gerund of abblasen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “so auf etwas blasen, dass es seinen ursprünglichen Platz verlässt”.
What does abblasen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to blow off something (e.g., dust); to blow clear
- 2
to call off a hunt
- 3
colloquialto call off, to cancel (a planned activity or event)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of abblasen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. so auf etwas blasen, dass es seinen ursprünglichen Platz verlässt 2. das Ende von etwas signalisieren, in dem man in etwas bläst 3. etwas absagen 4. Chemikalien und Ähnliches unter Druck in die Umwelt entlassen
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 abblasen
- bläst ab present singular third-person
- blies ab past
- abgeblasen participle past
- haben auxiliary
- 7 strong
- abblasend participle present
- abzublasen infinitive infinitive-zu
- blase ab first-person indicative present
- blasen ab first-person indicative plural
- blast ab indicative plural present
- blasest ab second-person singular subjunctive
- blaset ab plural second-person subjunctive
- bliesen ab first-person indicative plural
- bliese ab first-person formal rare
- bliesest ab indicative preterite second-person
- bliest ab indicative preterite second-person
- blieset ab formal plural rare
- blas ab! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is abblasen in German?
abblasen appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).