abblenden
German, verb
abblenden is spelled A-B-B-L-E-N-D-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 159,136th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abblenden is a German verb meaning “to dim” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Abblenden is a different word: “gerund of abblenden”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “die optische Blende an der Kamera schließen”.
What does abblenden mean in English?
verb
- 1
to dim
noun
- 1
neutergerund of abblenden
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. die optische Blende an der Kamera schließen 2. die Lichtintensität drosseln oder deutlich zurückfahren (beim Autofahren oder auf der Bühne)
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 abblenden
- blendet ab present singular third-person
- blendete ab past
- abgeblendet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- abblendend participle present
- abzublenden infinitive infinitive-zu
- blende ab first-person indicative present
- blenden ab first-person indicative plural
- blendest ab indicative present second-person
- blendeten ab first-person indicative plural
- blendetest ab indicative preterite second-person
- blendetet ab indicative plural preterite
- blende ab! imperative singular
- blendet ab! imperative plural
- abgeblendet haben active infinitive perfect
- abgeblendet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- abgeblendet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
- abgeblendet sein statal-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is abblenden in German?
abblenden appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).