abschleifen
German, verb
abschleifen is spelled A-B-S-C-H-L-E-I-F-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 99,595th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abschleifen is a German verb meaning “to grind off” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Abschleifen is a different word: “gerund of abschleifen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Oberfläche mit Hilfe eines Schleifwerkzeuges glätten”.
What does abschleifen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to grind off
- 2
to polish
noun
- 1
neutergerund of abschleifen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. eine Oberfläche mit Hilfe eines Schleifwerkzeuges glätten 2. ein Werkzeug (beispielsweise ein Messer, eine Schere) schärfen 3. etwas (beispielweise Lack, Rost) von einer Oberfläche mit Hilfe eines Schleifwerkzeuges entfernen 4. die negativen Eigenschaften von etwas/einer Person verbessern
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 abschleifen
- schleift ab present singular third-person
- schliff ab past
- abgeschliffen participle past
- haben auxiliary
- 1 strong
- abschleifend participle present
- abzuschleifen infinitive infinitive-zu
- schleife ab first-person indicative present
- schleifen ab first-person indicative plural
- schleifst ab indicative present second-person
- schleifest ab second-person singular subjunctive
- schleifet ab plural second-person subjunctive
- schliffen ab first-person indicative plural
- schliffe ab first-person formal rare
- schliffst ab indicative preterite second-person
- schlifft ab indicative plural preterite
- schliffest ab formal rare second-person
- schliffet ab formal plural rare
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to abschleifen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abschleifen in German?
abschleifen appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).