Abscheu
German, noun/ˈʔapʃɔʏ̯/
Abscheu is spelled A-B-S-C-H-E-U (7 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written German, the 35,692nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abscheu is a German feminine noun meaning “abhorrence, abomination” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine starke Abneigung gegen jemanden oder etwas”.
What does Abscheu mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculineabhorrence, abomination
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine starke Abneigung gegen jemanden oder etwas
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 Abscheu
- Abscheus genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Abscheu?
- /ˈʔapʃɔʏ̯/
- [ˈapˌʃɔɪ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Abscheu
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Abscheu in German?
Abscheu appears 1.1 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).