abbringen
German, verb
abbringen is spelled A-B-B-R-I-N-G-E-N (9 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written German, the 26,348th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abbringen is a German verb meaning “to dissuade, discourage, put/throw off course” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Abbringen is a different word: “gerund of abbringen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas entfernen, lösen”.
What does abbringen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to dissuade, discourage, put/throw off course
noun
- 1
neutergerund of abbringen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas entfernen, lösen 2. jemanden/etwas dazu bringen, einen bereits eingeschlagenen Kurs, Weg zu verlassen 3. jemanden dazu bringen, einer Absicht, einem Vorhaben nicht nachzugehen beziehungsweise einen Standpunkt, eine Meinung aufzugeben
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 abbringen
- bringt ab present singular third-person
- brachte ab past
- abgebracht participle past
- brächte ab past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- abbringend participle present
- abzubringen infinitive infinitive-zu
- bringe ab first-person indicative present
- bringen ab first-person indicative plural
- bringst ab indicative present second-person
- bringest ab second-person singular subjunctive
- bringet ab plural second-person subjunctive
- brachten ab first-person indicative plural
- brächten ab first-person plural subjunctive
- brachtest ab indicative preterite second-person
- brachtet ab indicative plural preterite
- brächtest ab second-person singular subjunctive
- brächtet ab plural second-person subjunctive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to abbringen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abbringen in German?
abbringen appears 1.8 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).