abklären
German, verb
abklären is spelled A-B-K-L-Ä-R-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 39,859th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abklären is a German verb meaning “to clarify, to clear up” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Abklären is a different word: “gerund of abklären”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Klarheit über eine Angelegenheit schaffen; vollständig klären”.
What does abklären mean in English?
verb
- 1
to clarify, to clear up
noun
- 1
neutergerund of abklären
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Klarheit über eine Angelegenheit schaffen; vollständig klären
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 abklären
- klärt ab present singular third-person
- klärte ab past
- abgeklärt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- abklärend participle present
- abzuklären infinitive infinitive-zu
- kläre ab first-person indicative present
- klären ab first-person indicative plural
- klärst ab indicative present second-person
- klärest ab second-person singular subjunctive
- kläret ab plural second-person subjunctive
- klärten ab first-person indicative plural
- klärtest ab indicative preterite second-person
- klärtet ab indicative plural preterite
- klär ab! imperative singular
- kläre ab! imperative singular
- klärt ab! imperative plural
- abgeklärt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is abklären in German?
abklären appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).