abkühlen
German, verb
abkühlen is spelled A-B-K-Ü-H-L-E-N (8 letters) and appears 2.7 times per million words in written German, the 19,537th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abkühlen is a German verb meaning “to cool off, to cool down” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Abkühlen is a different word: “cooling, quenching”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “von höherer Temperatur zu tieferer bringen”.
What does abkühlen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to cool off, to cool down
Ich habe im Urlaub im Ozean abgekühlt.
noun
- 1
neutercooling, quenching
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. von höherer Temperatur zu tieferer bringen 2. an Wärme verlieren 3. weniger intensiv werden, zum Beispiel über ein Gefühl oder eine Beziehung
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 abkühlen
- kühlt ab present singular third-person
- kühlte ab past
- abgekühlt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- abkühlend participle present
- abzukühlen infinitive infinitive-zu
- kühle ab first-person indicative present
- kühlen ab first-person indicative plural
- kühlst ab indicative present second-person
- kühlest ab second-person singular subjunctive
- kühlet ab plural second-person subjunctive
- kühlten ab first-person indicative plural
- kühltest ab indicative preterite second-person
- kühltet ab indicative plural preterite
- kühle ab! imperative singular
- kühlt ab! imperative plural
- sein auxiliary perfect
- abgekühlt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to abkühlen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abkühlen in German?
abkühlen appears 2.7 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).