Abschnitt
German, noun
Abschnitt is spelled A-B-S-C-H-N-I-T-T (9 letters) and appears 32 times per million words in written German, the 2,594th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abschnitt is a German masculine noun meaning “section (cutting)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, abschnitt is a different word: “first/third-person singular dependent preterite of abschneiden”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “das Abgeschnittene, Abgetrennte”.
What does Abschnitt mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesection (cutting)
- 2
masculineparagraph
- 3
masculinesegment
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular dependent preterite of abschneiden
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. das Abgeschnittene, Abgetrennte 2. ein Teil eines Textes 3. ein Teil eines Geländes 4. Teil der Zeit
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 Abschnitt
- Abschnittes genitive
- Abschnitts genitive
- Abschnitte plural
- Abschnittchen diminutive neuter
- Abschnitten dative definite plural
- Abschn. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Abschnitt
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Abschnitt in German?
Abschnitt appears 32 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).