abschätzen
German, verb
abschätzen is spelled A-B-S-C-H-Ä-T-Z-E-N (10 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written German, the 22,661st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abschätzen is a German verb meaning “to estimate, to judge (especially a value/amount/distance or the outcome of something)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Abschätzen is a different word: “gerund of abschätzen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas oder jemanden prüfend schätzen, veranschlagen, taxieren”.
What does abschätzen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to estimate, to judge (especially a value/amount/distance or the outcome of something)
Die Folgen für den Arbeitsmarkt lassen sich schwer abschätzen.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of abschätzen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas oder jemanden prüfend schätzen, veranschlagen, taxieren
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 abschätzen
- schätzt ab present singular third-person
- schätzte ab past
- abgeschätzt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- abschätzend participle present
- abzuschätzen infinitive infinitive-zu
- schätze ab first-person indicative present
- schätzen ab first-person indicative plural
- schätzest ab second-person singular subjunctive
- schätzet ab plural second-person subjunctive
- schätzten ab first-person indicative plural
- schätztest ab indicative preterite second-person
- schätztet ab indicative plural preterite
- schätz ab! imperative singular
- schätze ab! imperative singular
- schätzt ab! imperative plural
- abgeschätzt haben active infinitive perfect
- abgeschätzt 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 abschätzen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abschätzen in German?
abschätzen appears 2.2 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).