abfordern
German, verb[ˈʔapˌfɔʁdɐn]
abfordern is spelled A-B-F-O-R-D-E-R-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written German, the 257,657th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abfordern is a German verb meaning “to demand, to request” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas von jemandem mit Nachdruck fordern”.
What does abfordern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to demand, to request
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas von jemandem mit Nachdruck fordern
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 abfordern
- fordert ab present singular third-person
- forderte ab past
- abgefordert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- abfordernd participle present
- abzufordern infinitive infinitive-zu
- fordre ab first-person indicative present
- fordere ab first-person indicative present
- forder ab first-person indicative present
- fordern ab first-person indicative plural
- forderst ab indicative present second-person
- forderest ab second-person singular subjunctive
- fordrest ab second-person singular subjunctive
- forderet ab plural second-person subjunctive
- fordret ab plural second-person subjunctive
- forderten ab first-person indicative plural
- fordertest ab indicative preterite second-person
- fordertet ab indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abfordern?
- [ˈʔapˌfɔʁdɐn]
- [ˈapˌfɔʁdɐn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is abfordern in German?
abfordern appears about once in every 20 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).