abschieben
German, verb
abschieben is spelled A-B-S-C-H-I-E-B-E-N (10 letters) and appears 3.6 times per million words in written German, the 15,594th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abschieben is a German verb meaning “to deport (from a country)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Abschieben is a different word: “gerund of abschieben”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden ins Ausland ausweisen”.
What does abschieben mean in English?
verb
- 1
to deport (from a country)
- 2
to shift (blame or responsibility onto someone or onto certain circumstances)
möglichst viel Verantwortung abschieben
noun
- 1
neutergerund of abschieben
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemanden ins Ausland ausweisen 2. jemanden verdrängen, ins Abseits drängen 3. Schuld oder Verantwortung auf jemanden oder auf missliche Umstände schieben
verb: 1. sich entfernen, den Standort wechseln
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 abschieben
- schiebt ab present singular third-person
- schob ab past
- abgeschoben participle past
- schöbe ab past subjunctive
- sein auxiliary
- haben auxiliary
- 2 strong
- sein or haben auxiliary
- abschiebend participle present
- abzuschieben infinitive infinitive-zu
- schiebe ab first-person indicative present
- schieben ab first-person indicative plural
- schiebst ab indicative present second-person
- schiebest ab second-person singular subjunctive
- schiebet ab plural second-person subjunctive
- schoben ab first-person indicative plural
- schöben ab first-person formal plural
- schobst ab indicative preterite second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to abschieben
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abschieben in German?
abschieben appears 3.6 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).