abgraben
German, verb
abgraben is spelled A-B-G-R-A-B-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 142,439th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abgraben is a German verb meaning “to dig off” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Abgraben is a different word: “gerund of abgraben”.
What does abgraben mean in English?
verb
- 1
to dig off
noun
- 1
neutergerund of abgraben
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of abgraben
- gräbt ab present singular third-person
- grub ab past
- abgegraben participle past
- grübe ab past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 6 strong
- abgrabend participle present
- abzugraben infinitive infinitive-zu
- grabe ab first-person indicative present
- graben ab first-person indicative plural
- gräbst ab indicative present second-person
- grabt ab indicative plural present
- grabest ab second-person singular subjunctive
- grabet ab plural second-person subjunctive
- gruben ab first-person indicative plural
- grüben ab first-person formal plural
- grubst ab indicative preterite second-person
- grubt ab indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is abgraben in German?
abgraben appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).