Ablauf
German, noun[ˈʔaplaʊ̯f]
Ablauf is spelled A-B-L-A-U-F (6 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written German, the 4,037th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ablauf is a German masculine noun meaning “process, procedure” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Prozess, Abfolge”.
What does Ablauf mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineprocess, procedure
- 2
masculineexpiry, expiration
- 3
masculineflow, course
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Prozess, Abfolge 2. Wasserablauf, eine Vorrichtung zum Ablaufen von Flüssigkeiten 3. ein Verbindungsbauteil 4. Beendigung einer Zeitspanne, zu Ende gehen
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 Ablauf
- Ablaufes genitive
- Ablaufs genitive
- Abläufe plural
- Ablaufe dative singular
- Abläufen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ablauf?
- [ˈʔaplaʊ̯f]
- [ˈapˌlaʊ̯f]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Ablauf
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Ablauf in German?
Ablauf appears 19 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).