abschneiden
German, verb
abschneiden is spelled A-B-S-C-H-N-E-I-D-E-N (11 letters) and appears 7.6 times per million words in written German, the 8,847th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abschneiden is a German verb meaning “to cut off” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Abschneiden is a different word: “gerund of abschneiden”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas abtrennen”.
What does abschneiden mean in English?
verb
- 1
to cut off
- 2
to truncate
- 3
to shorten
- 4
to amputate
- 5
to score, to perform, to do (well, poorly, badly, etc.)
Patrick hat bei der Prüfung sehr gut abgeschnitten.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of abschneiden
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas abtrennen 2. ein Ergebnis erzielen, Erfolg haben 3. jemandem oder etwas den Weg versperren 4. jemandem etwas entziehen, etwas vereiteln
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 abschneiden
- schneidet ab present singular third-person
- schnitt ab past
- abgeschnitten participle past
- haben auxiliary
- 1 strong
- abschneidend participle present
- abzuschneiden infinitive infinitive-zu
- schneide ab first-person indicative present
- schneiden ab first-person indicative plural
- schneidest ab indicative present second-person
- schnitten ab first-person indicative plural
- schnitte ab first-person formal rare
- schnittest ab indicative preterite second-person
- schnittst ab indicative preterite second-person
- schnittet ab indicative plural preterite
- schneide ab! imperative singular
- schneid ab! imperative singular
- schneidet ab! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to abschneiden
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abschneiden in German?
abschneiden appears 7.6 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).