abkupfern
German, verb
abkupfern is spelled A-B-K-U-P-F-E-R-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written German, the 244,602nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abkupfern is a German verb meaning “to plagiarize, to copy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Abkupfern is a different word: “gerund of abkupfern”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Plagiat / eine Kopie ohne Erlaubnis erstellen”.
What does abkupfern mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialderogatoryto plagiarize, to copy
noun
- 1
neutergerund of abkupfern
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ein Plagiat / eine Kopie ohne Erlaubnis erstellen
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 abkupfern
- kupfert ab present singular third-person
- kupferte ab past
- abgekupfert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- abkupfernd participle present
- abzukupfern infinitive infinitive-zu
- kupfre ab first-person indicative present
- kupfere ab first-person indicative present
- kupfer ab first-person indicative present
- kupfern ab first-person indicative plural
- kupferst ab indicative present second-person
- kupferest ab second-person singular subjunctive
- kupfrest ab second-person singular subjunctive
- kupferet ab plural second-person subjunctive
- kupfret ab plural second-person subjunctive
- kupferten ab first-person indicative plural
- kupfertest ab indicative preterite second-person
- kupfertet ab indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to abkupfern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abkupfern in German?
abkupfern appears about once in every 19 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).