abhauen
German, verb
abhauen is spelled A-B-H-A-U-E-N (7 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written German, the 25,938th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abhauen is a German verb meaning “to cut off (with a cutting weapon)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Abhauen is a different word: “gerund of abhauen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas abschlagen, abtrennen (starke und schwache Konjugation: hieb/haute ab und abgehauen/abgehaut)”.
What does abhauen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to cut off (with a cutting weapon)
- 2
to leave abruptly, to do a runner
Ich hau jetzt ab.
- 3
Austriacolloquialto crack up, to laugh one's head off
noun
- 1
neutergerund of abhauen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas abschlagen, abtrennen (starke und schwache Konjugation: hieb/haute ab und abgehauen/abgehaut) 2. sich entfernen, davonmachen (Präteritum nur schwache Konjugation: haute; Partizip II abgehaut oder abgehauen)
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 abhauen
- haut ab present singular third-person
- haute ab past
- hieb ab past rare
- abgehauen participle past
- abgehaut participle past regional
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- haben or sein auxiliary
- abhauend participle present
- abzuhauen infinitive infinitive-zu
- haue ab first-person indicative present
- hauen ab first-person indicative plural
- haust ab indicative present second-person
- hauest ab second-person singular subjunctive
- hauet ab plural second-person subjunctive
- hauten ab first-person indicative plural
- hieben ab first-person indicative plural
- hiebe ab first-person formal rare
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to abhauen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abhauen in German?
abhauen appears 1.8 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).