abrupt
German, adjective/apˈʁʊpt/
abrupt is spelled A-B-R-U-P-T (6 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written German, the 21,569th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abrupt is a German adjective meaning “sudden, unforeseen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “plötzlich, unvermittelt”.
What does abrupt mean in English?
adjective
- 1
sudden, unforeseen
- 2
unconnected, having sudden transitions, (of movements) jerking
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. plötzlich, unvermittelt 2. ohne Zusammenhang
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 abrupt
- abrupter masculine nominative singular
- am abruptesten superlative
- abrupte feminine nominative singular
- abruptes neuter nominative singular
- abrupten genitive masculine singular
- abruptem dative masculine singular
- der abrupte definite includes-article masculine
- die abrupte definite feminine includes-article
- das abrupte definite includes-article neuter
- die abrupten definite includes-article nominative
- des abrupten definite genitive includes-article
- der abrupten definite feminine genitive
- dem abrupten dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abrupt?
- /apˈʁʊpt/
- /aˈbʁʊpt/
- [apˈʁʊpt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to abrupt
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abrupt in German?
abrupt appears 2.3 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).