abblühen
German, verb
abblühen is spelled A-B-B-L-Ü-H-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 65 million words in written German, the 495,385th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abblühen is a German verb meaning “to wither” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Abblühen is a different word: “gerund of abblühen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “nicht mehr blühen, seine Blütezeit vollenden”.
What does abblühen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to wither
- 2
to fade
noun
- 1
neutergerund of abblühen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. nicht mehr blühen, seine Blütezeit vollenden
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 abblühen
- blüht ab present singular third-person
- blühte ab past
- abgeblüht participle past
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- haben or sein auxiliary
- abblühend participle present
- abzublühen infinitive infinitive-zu
- blühe ab first-person indicative present
- blühen ab first-person indicative plural
- blühst ab indicative present second-person
- blühest ab second-person singular subjunctive
- blühet ab plural second-person subjunctive
- blühten ab first-person indicative plural
- blühtest ab indicative preterite second-person
- blühtet ab indicative plural preterite
- blüh ab! imperative singular
- blühe ab! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is abblühen in German?
abblühen appears about once in every 65 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).