ableben
German, verb
ableben is spelled A-B-L-E-B-E-N (7 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written German, the 23,059th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ableben is a German verb meaning “to decease, to die, to pass away, to leave this life” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Ableben is a different word: “passing (away), demise, death”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine bestimmte Zeit, einen bestimmten Lebensabschnitt durchleben”.
What does ableben mean in English?
verb
- 1
to decease, to die, to pass away, to leave this life
noun
- 1
neuterpassing (away), demise, death
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Zeitpunkt beziehungsweise Zustand, an beziehungsweise in dem alle Lebensfunktionen eines Menschen aufgehört haben; Ende des menschlichen Daseins
verb: 1. eine bestimmte Zeit, einen bestimmten Lebensabschnitt durchleben 2. (mit fortschreitender Lebensdauer) seine Vitalität verlieren, seine Lebenskraft aufzehren 3. vom lebendigen in den toten Zustand übergehen, aufhören zu leben
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 ableben
- Ablebens genitive
- lebt ab present singular third-person
- lebte ab past
- abgelebt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- ablebend participle present
- abzuleben infinitive infinitive-zu
- lebe ab first-person indicative present
- leben ab first-person indicative plural
- lebst ab indicative present second-person
- lebest ab second-person singular subjunctive
- lebet ab plural second-person subjunctive
- lebten ab first-person indicative plural
- lebtest ab indicative preterite second-person
- lebtet ab indicative plural preterite
- leb ab! imperative singular
- lebe ab! imperative singular
- lebt ab! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to ableben
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ableben in German?
ableben appears 2.1 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).