ABS
German, noun
ABS is spelled A-B-S (3 letters) and appears 52 times per million words in written German, the 1,636th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). ABS is a German noun meaning “initialism of Antiblockiersystem (anti-lock braking system)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, Abs. is a different word: “abbreviation of Absatz”.
What does ABS mean in English?
noun
- 1
initialism of Antiblockiersystem (anti-lock braking system)
noun
- 1
masculineabbreviation of Absatz
- 2
masculineabbreviation of Absender
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. Absatz 2. Absender
abbreviation: 1. Abkürzung für Antiblockiersystem 2. Acrylnitril/Butadien/ Styrol-Copolymer (aus der Kunststofftechnik)
prefix: 1. weg, fort, miss-
abbreviation: 1. abseitig, abseits 2. absichtlich 3. absolut 4. absolviert
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 ABS
- ab- variant
- a alternative
- A alternative
- absol. alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is ABS in German?
ABS appears 52 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).