abmachen
German, verb
abmachen is spelled A-B-M-A-C-H-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 59,520th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abmachen is a German verb meaning “to agree on, to settle on, to make (an appointment)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Abmachen is a different word: “gerund of abmachen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas loslösen und entfernen”.
What does abmachen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to agree on, to settle on, to make (an appointment)
Abgemacht!
- 2
to remove, to take off, to unfasten
- 3
Austriato dress
noun
- 1
neutergerund of abmachen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas loslösen und entfernen 2. etwas vereinbaren
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 abmachen
- macht ab present singular third-person
- machte ab past
- abgemacht participle past
- haben auxiliary
- abmachend participle present
- abzumachen infinitive infinitive-zu
- mache ab first-person indicative present
- machen ab first-person indicative plural
- machst ab indicative present second-person
- machest ab second-person singular subjunctive
- machet ab plural second-person subjunctive
- machten ab first-person indicative plural
- machtest ab indicative preterite second-person
- machtet ab indicative plural preterite
- mach ab present
- mache ab! imperative singular
- mach ab! imperative singular
- macht ab! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to abmachen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abmachen in German?
abmachen appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).