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abgerissen

German, adjective[ˈapɡəˌʁɪsn̩]

abgerissen is spelled A-B-G-E-R-I-S-S-E-N (10 letters) and appears 8.1 times per million words in written German, the 8,348th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abgerissen is a German adjective meaning “ragged, tattered” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of abreißen. The German Wiktionary defines it as “in einem schlechten Zustand befindlich, zerlumpt, mitgenommen”.

What does abgerissen mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    ragged, tattered

  2. 2

    seedy

  3. 3

    demolished

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of abreißen

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. in einem schlechten Zustand befindlich, zerlumpt, mitgenommen 2. ohne den gewohnten, passenden Zusammenhang auftretend, vorkommend

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 abgerissen

  • abgerissener masculine nominative singular
  • am abgerissensten superlative
  • abgerissene feminine nominative singular
  • abgerissenes neuter nominative singular
  • abgerissenen genitive masculine singular
  • abgerissenem dative masculine singular
  • der abgerissene definite includes-article masculine
  • die abgerissene definite feminine includes-article
  • das abgerissene definite includes-article neuter
  • die abgerissenen definite includes-article nominative
  • des abgerissenen definite genitive includes-article
  • der abgerissenen definite feminine genitive
  • dem abgerissenen dative definite includes-article

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce abgerissen?

  • [ˈapɡəˌʁɪsn̩]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to abgerissen

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is abgerissen in German?

abgerissen appears 8.1 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).

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