abpausen
German, verb/ˈapˌpaʊ̯zn̩/
abpausen is spelled A-B-P-A-U-S-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 83 million words in written German, the 571,872nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abpausen is a German verb meaning “to trace (to copy onto a sheet of paper superimposed over the original by drawing over its lines)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Kopie erstellen, indem man ein dünnes, leicht durchsichtiges Papier nimmt, dieses auf eine Vorlage legt…”.
What does abpausen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to trace (to copy onto a sheet of paper superimposed over the original by drawing over its lines)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. eine Kopie erstellen, indem man ein dünnes, leicht durchsichtiges Papier nimmt, dieses auf eine Vorlage legt und mit einem Stift die Konturen der Vorlage nachzeichnet
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 abpausen
- paust ab present singular third-person
- pauste ab past
- abgepaust participle past
- haben auxiliary
- abpausend participle present
- abzupausen infinitive infinitive-zu
- pause ab first-person indicative present
- pausen ab first-person indicative plural
- pausest ab second-person singular subjunctive
- pauset ab plural second-person subjunctive
- pausten ab first-person indicative plural
- paustest ab indicative preterite second-person
- paustet ab indicative plural preterite
- pause ab! imperative singular
- paust ab! imperative plural
- abgepaust haben active infinitive perfect
- abgepaust werden processual-passive infinitive present
- abgepaust worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abpausen?
- /ˈapˌpaʊ̯zn̩/
- [ˈapˌpaʊ̯zn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is abpausen in German?
abpausen appears about once in every 83 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).