abgedreht
German, adjective/ˈapɡəˌdʁeːt/
abgedreht is spelled A-B-G-E-D-R-E-H-T (9 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written German, the 23,467th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abgedreht is a German adjective meaning “crafty, dodgy (of a person)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of abdrehen. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jenseits des Durchschnittes, des Mainstreams, der (gesellschaftlichen) Normen, verschroben, eigenartig”.
What does abgedreht mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Austriacolloquialcrafty, dodgy (of a person)
- 2
colloquialcrazy
verb
- 1
past participle of abdrehen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. jenseits des Durchschnittes, des Mainstreams, der (gesellschaftlichen) Normen, verschroben, eigenartig
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 abgedreht
- abgedrehter masculine nominative singular
- am abgedrehtesten superlative
- abgedrehte feminine nominative singular
- abgedrehtes neuter nominative singular
- abgedrehten genitive masculine singular
- abgedrehtem dative masculine singular
- der abgedrehte definite includes-article masculine
- die abgedrehte definite feminine includes-article
- das abgedrehte definite includes-article neuter
- die abgedrehten definite includes-article nominative
- des abgedrehten definite genitive includes-article
- der abgedrehten definite feminine genitive
- dem abgedrehten dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abgedreht?
- /ˈapɡəˌdʁeːt/
- [ˈapɡəˌdʁeːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to abgedreht
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abgedreht in German?
abgedreht appears 2.1 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).