abhäuten
German, verb
abhäuten is a German verb meaning “to skin (to remove the skin of an animal)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Abhäuten is a different word: “gerund of abhäuten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “einem toten Tier die Haut oder das Fell abziehen”.
What does abhäuten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to skin (to remove the skin of an animal)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of abhäuten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. einem toten Tier die Haut oder das Fell abziehen
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 abhäuten
- häutet ab present singular third-person
- häutete ab past
- abgehäutet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- abhäutend participle present
- abzuhäuten infinitive infinitive-zu
- häute ab first-person indicative present
- häuten ab first-person indicative plural
- häutest ab indicative present second-person
- häuteten ab first-person indicative plural
- häutetest ab indicative preterite second-person
- häutetet ab indicative plural preterite
- häut ab! imperative singular
- häute ab! imperative singular
- häutet ab! imperative plural
- abgehäutet haben active infinitive perfect
- abgehäutet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- abgehäutet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is abhäuten in German?
abhäuten appears about once in every 58 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).