abkratzen
German, verb
abkratzen is spelled A-B-K-R-A-T-Z-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 87,510th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abkratzen is a German verb meaning “to scrape, to scratch something off of something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Abkratzen is a different word: “gerund of abkratzen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “durch Schaben (Kratzen) entfernen”.
What does abkratzen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to scrape, to scratch something off of something
Sie kratzt die Eisschicht von der Windschutzscheibe ab.
- 2
vulgarto kick the bucket, to snuff it, to croak (to die)
Sie hat 'nen krassen Stunt mit dem Motorrad hingelegt und ist dabei fast abgekratzt.
- 3
datedvulgarto leave, to scram
noun
- 1
neutergerund of abkratzen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. durch Schaben (Kratzen) entfernen 2. sein Leben verlieren
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 abkratzen
- kratzt ab present singular third-person
- kratzte ab past
- abgekratzt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- haben or sein auxiliary
- abkratzend participle present
- abzukratzen infinitive infinitive-zu
- kratze ab first-person indicative present
- kratzen ab first-person indicative plural
- kratzest ab second-person singular subjunctive
- kratzet ab plural second-person subjunctive
- kratzten ab first-person indicative plural
- kratztest ab indicative preterite second-person
- kratztet ab indicative plural preterite
- kratz ab! imperative singular
- kratzt ab! imperative plural
- abgekratzt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to abkratzen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abkratzen in German?
abkratzen appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).