Abschaffung
German, noun/ˈapˌʃafʊŋ/
Abschaffung is spelled A-B-S-C-H-A-F-F-U-N-G (11 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written German, the 6,523rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abschaffung is a German feminine noun meaning “abolition” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Handlung, etwas ungültig oder nicht-existent zu machen”.
What does Abschaffung mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineabolition
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. die Handlung, etwas ungültig oder nicht-existent zu machen
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 Abschaffung
- Abschaffungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Abschaffung?
- /ˈapˌʃafʊŋ/
- [ˈʔapˌʃafʊŋ]
- [ˈapˌʃafʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Abschaffung
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Abschaffung in German?
Abschaffung appears 11 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).