abfaulen
German, verb/ˈapˌfaʊ̯lən/
abfaulen is spelled A-B-F-A-U-L-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 47 million words in written German, the 412,295th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abfaulen is a German verb meaning “to rot off” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich durch Fäule loslösen”.
What does abfaulen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to rot off
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich durch Fäule loslösen
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 abfaulen
- fault ab present singular third-person
- faulte ab past
- abgefault participle past
- sein auxiliary
- abfaulend participle present
- abzufaulen infinitive infinitive-zu
- faule ab first-person indicative present
- faulen ab first-person indicative plural
- faulst ab indicative present second-person
- faulest ab second-person singular subjunctive
- faulet ab plural second-person subjunctive
- faulten ab first-person indicative plural
- faultest ab indicative preterite second-person
- faultet ab indicative plural preterite
- abgefault sein active infinitive perfect
- abgefault zu sein active extended infinitive
- er/sie/es fault ab third-person singular present
- er/sie/es faule ab third-person singular present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abfaulen?
- /ˈapˌfaʊ̯lən/
- [ˈapˌfaʊ̯lən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is abfaulen in German?
abfaulen appears about once in every 47 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).