abscheiden
German, verb
abscheiden is spelled A-B-S-C-H-E-I-D-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 170,338th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abscheiden is a German verb meaning “to deposit, precipitate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Abscheiden is a different word: “gerund of abscheiden”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “voneinander trennen”.
What does abscheiden mean in English?
verb
- 1
to deposit, precipitate
- 2
to eliminate
- 3
to separate
- 4
datedto die
noun
- 1
neutergerund of abscheiden
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. voneinander trennen 2. von sich geben, absondern 3. sterben
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 abscheiden
- scheidet ab present singular third-person
- schied ab past
- abgeschieden participle past
- haben auxiliary
- 1 strong
- abscheidend participle present
- abzuscheiden infinitive infinitive-zu
- scheide ab first-person indicative present
- scheiden ab first-person indicative plural
- scheidest ab indicative present second-person
- schieden ab first-person indicative plural
- schiede ab first-person formal rare
- schiedest ab indicative preterite second-person
- schiedst ab indicative preterite second-person
- schiedet ab indicative plural preterite
- scheid ab! imperative singular
- scheide ab! imperative singular
- scheidet ab! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to abscheiden
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abscheiden in German?
abscheiden appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).