abschlecken
German, verb/ˈapˌʃlɛkn̩/
abschlecken is spelled A-B-S-C-H-L-E-C-K-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written German, the 192,441st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abschlecken is a German verb meaning “to lick off, to lick up” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas mit der Zunge säubern, an etwas/jemandem lecken”.
What does abschlecken mean in English?
verb
- 1
to lick off, to lick up
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas mit der Zunge säubern, an etwas/jemandem lecken
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 abschlecken
- schleckt ab present singular third-person
- schleckte ab past
- abgeschleckt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- abschleckend participle present
- abzuschlecken infinitive infinitive-zu
- schlecke ab first-person indicative present
- schlecken ab first-person indicative plural
- schleckst ab indicative present second-person
- schleckest ab second-person singular subjunctive
- schlecket ab plural second-person subjunctive
- schleckten ab first-person indicative plural
- schlecktest ab indicative preterite second-person
- schlecktet ab indicative plural preterite
- schleck ab! imperative singular
- schlecke ab! imperative singular
- schleckt ab! imperative plural
- abgeschleckt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abschlecken?
- /ˈapˌʃlɛkn̩/
- [ˈapˌʃlɛkn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is abschlecken in German?
abschlecken appears about once in every 12 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).