Ablehnung
German, noun[ˈʔapleːnʊŋ]
Ablehnung is spelled A-B-L-E-H-N-U-N-G (9 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written German, the 5,079th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ablehnung is a German feminine noun meaning “rejection” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “negative Reaktion auf eine Sache oder eine Person; Zurückweisung oder Abneigung gegen etwas”.
What does Ablehnung mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerejection
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. negative Reaktion auf eine Sache oder eine Person; Zurückweisung oder Abneigung gegen etwas
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 Ablehnung
- Ablehnungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ablehnung?
- [ˈʔapleːnʊŋ]
- [ˈapˌleːnʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Ablehnung
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Ablehnung in German?
Ablehnung appears 15 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).