Absage
German, noun
Absage is spelled A-B-S-A-G-E (6 letters) and appears 7.1 times per million words in written German, the 9,345th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Absage is a German feminine noun meaning “refusal, rejection” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, absäge is a different word: “first-person singular dependent present”. In lower case, absage is a different word: “first-person singular dependent present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Mitteilung, dass etwas Geplantes nicht zustande kommt”.
What does Absage mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerefusal, rejection
Sie hat dem Mann eine Absage erteilt.
- 2
femininecancellation
Die Absage des Konzertes machte sie sehr traurig.
verb
- 1
first-person singular dependent present
- 2
first/third-person singular dependent subjunctive I
verb
- 1
first-person singular dependent present
- 2
first/third-person singular dependent subjunctive I
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mitteilung, dass etwas Geplantes nicht zustande kommt 2. Schlusswort bei einer Veranstaltung 3. Weigerung
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 Absage
- Absagen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Absage
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Absage in German?
Absage appears 7.1 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).