abgestorben
German, adjective[ˈapɡəˌʃtɔʁbn̩]
abgestorben is spelled A-B-G-E-S-T-O-R-B-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 80,178th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abgestorben is a German adjective meaning “dead, necrotic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of absterben. The German Wiktionary defines it as “tot; eingegangen”.
What does abgestorben mean in English?
adjective
- 1
dead, necrotic
- 2
mortified
verb
- 1
past participle of absterben
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. tot; eingegangen 2. gefühllos geworden (durch mangelnde Blutzirkulation) 3. ausgegangen
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 abgestorben
- abgestorbener masculine nominative singular
- abgestorbene feminine nominative singular
- abgestorbenes neuter nominative singular
- abgestorbenen genitive masculine singular
- abgestorbenem dative masculine singular
- der abgestorbene definite includes-article masculine
- die abgestorbene definite feminine includes-article
- das abgestorbene definite includes-article neuter
- die abgestorbenen definite includes-article nominative
- des abgestorbenen definite genitive includes-article
- der abgestorbenen definite feminine genitive
- dem abgestorbenen dative definite includes-article
- den abgestorbenen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abgestorben?
- [ˈapɡəˌʃtɔʁbn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is abgestorben in German?
abgestorben appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).