abhärten
German, verb
abhärten is spelled A-B-H-Ä-R-T-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written German, the 241,486th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abhärten is a German verb meaning “to harden, to temper” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Abhärten is a different word: “gerund of abhärten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “an missliche äußere Bedingungen gewöhnen und dadurch widerstandsfähig machen”.
What does abhärten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to harden, to temper
- 2
to harden
noun
- 1
neutergerund of abhärten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. an missliche äußere Bedingungen gewöhnen und dadurch widerstandsfähig machen
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 abhärten
- härtet ab present singular third-person
- härtete ab past
- abgehärtet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- abhärtend participle present
- abzuhärten infinitive infinitive-zu
- härte ab first-person indicative present
- härten ab first-person indicative plural
- härtest ab indicative present second-person
- härteten ab first-person indicative plural
- härtetest ab indicative preterite second-person
- härtetet ab indicative plural preterite
- härt ab! imperative singular
- härte ab! imperative singular
- härtet ab! imperative plural
- abgehärtet haben active infinitive perfect
- abgehärtet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- abgehärtet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to abhärten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abhärten in German?
abhärten appears about once in every 18 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).