Abgrabung
German, noun[ˈapˌɡʁaːbʊŋ]
Abgrabung is spelled A-B-G-R-A-B-U-N-G (9 letters) and appears about once in every 40 million words in written German, the 376,420th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abgrabung is a German feminine noun meaning “excavation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Entfernung von Boden oder Vergleichbarem durch Graben (auch zur weiteren Verwendung)”.
What does Abgrabung mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineexcavation
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. die Entfernung von Boden oder Vergleichbarem durch Graben (auch zur weiteren Verwendung) 2. der Ort, an dem [1] stattfindet
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 Abgrabung
- Abgrabungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Abgrabung?
- [ˈapˌɡʁaːbʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Abgrabung in German?
Abgrabung appears about once in every 40 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).