ablegen
German, verb
ablegen is spelled A-B-L-E-G-E-N (7 letters) and appears 6.9 times per million words in written German, the 9,526th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ablegen is a German verb meaning “to take off” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Ablegen is a different word: “gerund of ablegen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “fortlegen, niederlegen, irgendwohin legen”.
What does ablegen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to take off
Die Ritter konnten ihre schweren Rüstungen nicht ablegen
- 2
to stop wearing
- 3
to discard (a playing card)
- 4
to give up (a habit, a name); to lose (a character trait)
- 5
take (an exam, an oath); to make (a confession)
Ich lege am Montag eine Prüfung ab.
- 6
to set sail; to depart; to cast off
noun
- 1
neutergerund of ablegen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. fortlegen, niederlegen, irgendwohin legen 2. etwas was bearbeitet ist, nicht mehr benötigt wird, zur Aufbewahrung weglegen 3. ein Kleidungsstück ausziehen 4. nicht mehr tragen
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 ablegen
- legt ab present singular third-person
- legte ab past
- abgelegt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- ablegend participle present
- abzulegen infinitive infinitive-zu
- lege ab first-person indicative present
- legen ab first-person indicative plural
- legst ab indicative present second-person
- legest ab second-person singular subjunctive
- leget ab plural second-person subjunctive
- legten ab first-person indicative plural
- legtest ab indicative preterite second-person
- legtet ab indicative plural preterite
- lege ab! imperative singular
- legt ab! imperative plural
- abgelegt haben active infinitive perfect
- abgelegt werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to ablegen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ablegen in German?
ablegen appears 6.9 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).