Abruf
German, noun[ˈapˌʁuːf]
Abruf is spelled A-B-R-U-F (5 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written German, the 25,938th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abruf is a German masculine noun meaning “dismissal (a written or spoken statement of deprivation of office)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Aufforderung zum Verlassen einer Position, eines Amtes”.
What does Abruf mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedismissal (a written or spoken statement of deprivation of office)
- 2
masculineorder (a request for some product or service; a commission to supply goods)
auf Abruf
- 3
masculineretrieval, calling up, fetching, recall (the operation of accessing stored data)
Near-synonym: Abfrage
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Aufforderung zum Verlassen einer Position, eines Amtes 2. Aufforderung Ware zu liefern 3. Abfragen von hinterlegten Informationen
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 Abruf
- Abrufes genitive
- Abrufs genitive
- Abrufe plural
- Abrufen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Abruf?
- [ˈapˌʁuːf]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Abruf in German?
Abruf appears 1.8 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).