abgelegen
German, adjective/ˈʔapɡəleːɡŋ̩/
abgelegen is spelled A-B-G-E-L-E-G-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 49,558th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abgelegen is a German adjective meaning “remote (distant or otherwise inaccessible)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of abliegen. The German Wiktionary defines it as “weit weg und schlecht zugänglich”.
What does abgelegen mean in English?
adjective
- 1
remote (distant or otherwise inaccessible)
verb
- 1
past participle of abliegen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. weit weg und schlecht zugänglich
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 abgelegen
- abgelegener masculine nominative singular
- am abgelegensten superlative
- abgelegene feminine nominative singular
- abgelegenes neuter nominative singular
- abgelegenen genitive masculine singular
- abgelegenem dative masculine singular
- der abgelegene definite includes-article masculine
- die abgelegene definite feminine includes-article
- das abgelegene definite includes-article neuter
- die abgelegenen definite includes-article nominative
- des abgelegenen definite genitive includes-article
- der abgelegenen definite feminine genitive
- dem abgelegenen dative definite includes-article
- abgelegner comparative
- abgelegne positive nominative strong
- abgelegnes positive nominative strong
- abgelegnen positive genitive strong
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abgelegen?
- /ˈʔapɡəleːɡŋ̩/
- /ˈʔapɡəleːɡən/
- [ˈapɡəˌleːɡn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to abgelegen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abgelegen in German?
abgelegen appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).