abnehmen
German, verb
abnehmen is spelled A-B-N-E-H-M-E-N (8 letters) and appears 16 times per million words in written German, the 4,781st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abnehmen is a German verb meaning “to take off (to remove something that is attached to something or on top of it)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Abnehmen is a different word: “gerund of abnehmen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “von einer Stelle entfernen”.
What does abnehmen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to take off (to remove something that is attached to something or on top of it)
den Deckel von einem Topf abnehmen
- 2
to shave off (a beard, especially a full beard or moustache)
- 3
to amputate (a limb)
- 4
to pick up (the phone)
- 5
to take (a sample of, especially blood)
Blut abnehmen
- 6
to take away, to take over, to take off (to remove something from someone's hands or possession)
Wenn das Paket zu schwer ist, kann ich es dir abnehmen.
- 7
to buy (something from); usually implying a business deal rather than mere shopping
- 8
to win, steal, or confiscate (something from)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of abnehmen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. von einer Stelle entfernen 2. von einem Gegenstand herunterholen 3. vom Kopf herunternehmen 4. chirurgisch entfernen
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 abnehmen
- nimmt ab present singular third-person
- nahm ab past
- abgenommen participle past
- nähme ab past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 4 strong
- abnehmend participle present
- abzunehmen infinitive infinitive-zu
- nehme ab first-person indicative present
- nehmen ab first-person indicative plural
- nimmst ab indicative present second-person
- nehmt ab indicative plural present
- nehmest ab second-person singular subjunctive
- nehmet ab plural second-person subjunctive
- nahmen ab first-person indicative plural
- nähmen ab first-person plural subjunctive
- nahmst ab indicative preterite second-person
- nahmt ab indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to abnehmen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abnehmen in German?
abnehmen appears 16 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).