abschrauben
German, verb
abschrauben is spelled A-B-S-C-H-R-A-U-B-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 111,951st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abschrauben is a German verb meaning “to unscrew” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Abschrauben is a different word: “gerund of abschrauben”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “(meist durch Lösen einer oder mehrerer Schrauben) einen Gegenstand, der befestigt ist, entfernen”.
What does abschrauben mean in English?
verb
- 1
to unscrew
noun
- 1
neutergerund of abschrauben
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. (meist durch Lösen einer oder mehrerer Schrauben) einen Gegenstand, der befestigt ist, entfernen 2. etwas, was ein Gewinde hat, aufdrehen
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 abschrauben
- schraubt ab present singular third-person
- schraubte ab past
- abgeschraubt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- abschraubend participle present
- abzuschrauben infinitive infinitive-zu
- schraube ab first-person indicative present
- schrauben ab first-person indicative plural
- schraubst ab indicative present second-person
- schraubest ab second-person singular subjunctive
- schraubet ab plural second-person subjunctive
- schraubten ab first-person indicative plural
- schraubtest ab indicative preterite second-person
- schraubtet ab indicative plural preterite
- schraube ab! imperative singular
- schraubt ab! imperative plural
- abgeschraubt haben active infinitive perfect
- abgeschraubt werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to abschrauben
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abschrauben in German?
abschrauben appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).