abkapseln
German, verb
abkapseln is spelled A-B-K-A-P-S-E-L-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 156,943rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abkapseln is a German verb meaning “to seclude, to shut off” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Abkapseln is a different word: “gerund of abkapseln”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas oder sich in eine dichte Hülle (Kapsel) einschließen”.
What does abkapseln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to seclude, to shut off
noun
- 1
neutergerund of abkapseln
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas oder sich in eine dichte Hülle (Kapsel) einschließen 2. sich von seinen Mitmenschen, von der Außenwelt völlig zurückziehen, absondern
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 abkapseln
- kapselt ab present singular third-person
- kapselte ab past
- abgekapselt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- abkapselnd participle present
- abzukapseln infinitive infinitive-zu
- kapsle ab first-person indicative present
- kapsele ab first-person indicative present
- kapsel ab first-person indicative present
- kapseln ab first-person indicative plural
- kapselst ab indicative present second-person
- kapselest ab second-person singular subjunctive
- kapslest ab second-person singular subjunctive
- kapselet ab plural second-person subjunctive
- kapslet ab plural second-person subjunctive
- kapselten ab first-person indicative plural
- kapseltest ab indicative preterite second-person
- kapseltet ab indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is abkapseln in German?
abkapseln appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).