abrufen
German, verb
abrufen is spelled A-B-R-U-F-E-N (7 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written German, the 19,169th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abrufen is a German verb meaning “to access, fetch or retrieve” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Abrufen is a different word: “gerund of abrufen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “auf Daten zugreifen”.
What does abrufen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to access, fetch or retrieve
- 2
to call away
noun
- 1
neutergerund of abrufen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. auf Daten zugreifen 2. jemanden von einer Tätigkeit/einem Ort wegrufen 3. Leistung oder Wissen bereitstellen
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 abrufen
- ruft ab present singular third-person
- rief ab past
- abgerufen participle past
- haben auxiliary
- 7 strong
- abrufend participle present
- abzurufen infinitive infinitive-zu
- rufe ab first-person indicative present
- rufen ab first-person indicative plural
- rufst ab indicative present second-person
- rufest ab second-person singular subjunctive
- rufet ab plural second-person subjunctive
- riefen ab first-person indicative plural
- riefe ab first-person formal rare
- riefst ab indicative preterite second-person
- rieft ab indicative plural preterite
- riefest ab formal rare second-person
- riefet ab formal plural rare
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to abrufen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abrufen in German?
abrufen appears 2.8 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).