Ableger
German, noun/ˈapˌleːɡɐ/
Ableger is spelled A-B-L-E-G-E-R (7 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written German, the 16,125th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ableger is a German masculine noun meaning “layer, shoot of a plant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Teil/Trieb einer Pflanze, aus dem sich eine neue Pflanze entwickeln kann”.
What does Ableger mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelayer, shoot of a plant
- 2
masculinespin-off of a parent company or parent organisation
- 3
masculinespin-off of a series (etc.)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Teil/Trieb einer Pflanze, aus dem sich eine neue Pflanze entwickeln kann 2. Nachkomme, Sohn 3. Tochterfirma, Zweigniederlassung 4. ein Buch, ein Film, ein Videospiel oder eine Fernsehserie, welcher/welche/welches auf einer anderen Veröffentlichung beruht
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 Ableger
- Ablegers genitive
- Ablegern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ableger?
- /ˈapˌleːɡɐ/
- [ˈapˌleːɡɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Ableger
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Ableger in German?
Ableger appears 3.5 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).