abklingen
German, verb
abklingen is spelled A-B-K-L-I-N-G-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 56,036th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abklingen is a German verb meaning “to fade away” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Abklingen is a different word: “gerund of abklingen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “leiser werden”.
What does abklingen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to fade away
- 2
to subside, to abate
- 3
to ease (pain)
- 4
to decay
noun
- 1
neutergerund of abklingen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. leiser werden 2. weniger werden 3. in der Intensität schwächer werden
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 abklingen
- klingt ab present singular third-person
- klang ab past
- abgeklungen participle past
- klänge ab past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 3 strong
- abklingend participle present
- abzuklingen infinitive infinitive-zu
- klinge ab first-person indicative present
- klingen ab first-person indicative plural
- klingst ab indicative present second-person
- klingest ab second-person singular subjunctive
- klinget ab plural second-person subjunctive
- klangen ab first-person indicative plural
- klängen ab first-person formal plural
- klangst ab indicative preterite second-person
- klangt ab indicative plural preterite
- klängest ab formal rare second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to abklingen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abklingen in German?
abklingen appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).