Abnahme
German, noun
Abnahme is spelled A-B-N-A-H-M-E (7 letters) and appears 4.6 times per million words in written German, the 13,123rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abnahme is a German feminine noun meaning “abatement” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, abnähme is a different word: “first/third-person singular dependent subjunctive II of abnehmen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Veränderung, bei der etwas weniger/geringer/niedriger wird”.
What does Abnahme mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineabatement
- 2
femininedecrease, reduction
- 3
feminineellipsis of Gewichtsabnahme (“weight loss”)
- 4
feminineinspection, certification
- 5
feminineextraction, collection (from someone's body, e.g. blood)
Blutabnahme
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular dependent subjunctive II of abnehmen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Veränderung, bei der etwas weniger/geringer/niedriger wird 2. der Verlust von etwas durch jemand anderen 3. offizielle Akzeptanz eines Zustandes nach einer üblichen Überprüfung
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 Abnahme
- Abnahmen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Abnahme
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Abnahme in German?
Abnahme appears 4.6 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).