abdichten
German, verb
abdichten is spelled A-B-D-I-C-H-T-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 78,979th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abdichten is a German verb meaning “to seal (prevent leakage)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Abdichten is a different word: “gerund of abdichten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas dicht, undurchlässig machen”.
What does abdichten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to seal (prevent leakage)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of abdichten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas dicht, undurchlässig machen
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 abdichten
- dichtet ab present singular third-person
- dichtete ab past
- abgedichtet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- abdichtend participle present
- abzudichten infinitive infinitive-zu
- dichte ab first-person indicative present
- dichten ab first-person indicative plural
- dichtest ab indicative present second-person
- dichteten ab first-person indicative plural
- dichtetest ab indicative preterite second-person
- dichtetet ab indicative plural preterite
- dichte ab! imperative singular
- dichtet ab! imperative plural
- abgedichtet haben active infinitive perfect
- abgedichtet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- abgedichtet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
- abgedichtet sein statal-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to abdichten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abdichten in German?
abdichten appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).