abknipsen
German, verb/ˈapˌknɪpsn̩/
abknipsen is spelled A-B-K-N-I-P-S-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 46 million words in written German, the 406,877th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abknipsen is a German verb meaning “to clip off” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas Dünnes, Zartes und/oder Kleines mit einem Werkzeug abtrennen”.
What does abknipsen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to clip off
- 2
to punch (e.g. a ticket)
- 3
to photograph
- 4
to shoot dead
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas Dünnes, Zartes und/oder Kleines mit einem Werkzeug abtrennen 2. etwas (durch Abtrennung eines Teils oder Lochung) ungültig machen, sodass es nicht erneut verwendet werden kann 3. eine Fotografie von etwas oder jemanden herstellen 4. jemanden mithilfe einer Schusswaffe töten
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 abknipsen
- knipst ab present singular third-person
- knipste ab past
- abgeknipst participle past
- haben auxiliary
- abknipsend participle present
- abzuknipsen infinitive infinitive-zu
- knipse ab first-person indicative present
- knipsen ab first-person indicative plural
- knipsest ab second-person singular subjunctive
- knipset ab plural second-person subjunctive
- knipsten ab first-person indicative plural
- knipstest ab indicative preterite second-person
- knipstet ab indicative plural preterite
- knips ab! imperative singular
- knipse ab! imperative singular
- knipst ab! imperative plural
- abgeknipst haben active infinitive perfect
- abgeknipst werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abknipsen?
- /ˈapˌknɪpsn̩/
- [ˈapˌknɪpsn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is abknipsen in German?
abknipsen appears about once in every 46 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).