Abschleppseil
German, noun[ˈapʃlɛpˌzaɪ̯l]
Abschleppseil is spelled A-B-S-C-H-L-E-P-P-S-E-I-L (13 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written German, the 267,890th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abschleppseil is a German neuter noun meaning “tow rope, towline” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “robustes Seil, das dazu dient, Autos abzuschleppen (von einem anderen Fahrzeug ziehen zu lassen)”.
What does Abschleppseil mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutertow rope, towline
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. robustes Seil, das dazu dient, Autos abzuschleppen (von einem anderen Fahrzeug ziehen zu lassen)
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 Abschleppseil
- Abschleppseiles genitive
- Abschleppseils genitive
- Abschleppseile plural
- Abschleppseilen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Abschleppseil?
- [ˈapʃlɛpˌzaɪ̯l]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Abschleppseil
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Abschleppseil in German?
Abschleppseil appears about once in every 22 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).