Abhärtung
German, noun[ˈapˌhɛʁtʊŋ]
Abhärtung is spelled A-B-H-Ä-R-T-U-N-G (9 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written German, the 192,441st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abhärtung is a German feminine noun meaning “resilience, hardening, induration, toughening up” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “(Maßnahme zur) Erhöhung der Widerstandskraft oder Stärkung des Immunsystems”.
What does Abhärtung mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineresilience, hardening, induration, toughening up
Abhärtung gegen die Erkältung.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Maßnahme zur) Erhöhung der Widerstandskraft oder Stärkung des Immunsystems
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 Abhärtung
- Abhärtungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Abhärtung?
- [ˈapˌhɛʁtʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Abhärtung in German?
Abhärtung appears about once in every 12 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).