ableiten
German, verb
ableiten is spelled A-B-L-E-I-T-E-N (8 letters) and appears 4.5 times per million words in written German, the 13,339th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ableiten is a German verb meaning “to derive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Ableiten is a different word: “gerund of ableiten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas abzweigen lassen, abführen”.
What does ableiten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to derive
- 2
to differentiate (to find the derivative of)
- 3
to dissipate
noun
- 1
neutergerund of ableiten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas abzweigen lassen, abführen 2. die Ableitung einer Funktion ermitteln 3. Strom an die Erde abführen 4. aus einem Wort durch Hinzufügen eines Ableitungsmorphems (Derivatems) oder durch Veränderung des Wortes selbst ein neues Wort entwickeln
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 ableiten
- leitet ab present singular third-person
- leitete ab past
- abgeleitet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- ableitend participle present
- abzuleiten infinitive infinitive-zu
- leite ab first-person indicative present
- leiten ab first-person indicative plural
- leitest ab indicative present second-person
- leiteten ab first-person indicative plural
- leitetest ab indicative preterite second-person
- leitetet ab indicative plural preterite
- leite ab! imperative singular
- leitet ab! imperative plural
- abgeleitet haben active infinitive perfect
- abgeleitet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- abgeleitet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
- abgeleitet sein statal-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to ableiten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ableiten in German?
ableiten appears 4.5 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).