abschaffen
German, verb
abschaffen is spelled A-B-S-C-H-A-F-F-E-N (10 letters) and appears 6.5 times per million words in written German, the 10,058th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abschaffen is a German verb meaning “to abolish, to annul, to discontinue, to get rid of” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Abschaffen is a different word: “gerund of abschaffen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas entfernen, außer Kraft setzen, beseitigen”.
What does abschaffen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to abolish, to annul, to discontinue, to get rid of
ein Gesetz abschaffen
noun
- 1
neutergerund of abschaffen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas entfernen, außer Kraft setzen, beseitigen
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 abschaffen
- schafft ab present singular third-person
- schaffte ab past
- abgeschafft participle past
- haben auxiliary
- abschaffend participle present
- abzuschaffen infinitive infinitive-zu
- schaffe ab first-person indicative present
- schaffen ab first-person indicative plural
- schaffst ab indicative present second-person
- schaffest ab second-person singular subjunctive
- schaffet ab plural second-person subjunctive
- schafften ab first-person indicative plural
- schafftest ab indicative preterite second-person
- schafftet ab indicative plural preterite
- schaffe ab! imperative singular
- schafft ab! imperative plural
- abgeschafft haben active infinitive perfect
- abgeschafft werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to abschaffen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abschaffen in German?
abschaffen appears 6.5 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).