abrichten
German, verb[ˈapˌʁɪçtn̩]
abrichten is spelled A-B-R-I-C-H-T-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 111,951st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abrichten is a German verb meaning “to drill” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “einem Lebewesen beibringen, etwas gehorsam zu tun, ohne dabei nachzudenken oder zu zögern”.
What does abrichten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to drill
- 2
to train (e.g. animals)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. einem Lebewesen beibringen, etwas gehorsam zu tun, ohne dabei nachzudenken oder zu zögern
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 abrichten
- richtet ab present singular third-person
- richtete ab past
- abgerichtet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- abrichtend participle present
- abzurichten infinitive infinitive-zu
- richte ab first-person indicative present
- richten ab first-person indicative plural
- richtest ab indicative present second-person
- richteten ab first-person indicative plural
- richtetest ab indicative preterite second-person
- richtetet ab indicative plural preterite
- richt ab! imperative singular
- richte ab! imperative singular
- richtet ab! imperative plural
- abgerichtet haben active infinitive perfect
- abgerichtet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- abgerichtet 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 abrichten?
- [ˈapˌʁɪçtn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is abrichten in German?
abrichten appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).