abschüssig
German, adjective/ˈapˌʃʏsɪç/
abschüssig is spelled A-B-S-C-H-Ü-S-S-I-G (10 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 159,136th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abschüssig is a German adjective meaning “steep, sloping, precipitious” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “steil abfallend”.
What does abschüssig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
steep, sloping, precipitious
abschüssiges Gelände
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. steil abfallend
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 abschüssig
- abschüssiger masculine nominative singular
- am abschüssigsten superlative
- abschüssige feminine nominative singular
- abschüssiges neuter nominative singular
- abschüssigen genitive masculine singular
- abschüssigem dative masculine singular
- der abschüssige definite includes-article masculine
- die abschüssige definite feminine includes-article
- das abschüssige definite includes-article neuter
- die abschüssigen definite includes-article nominative
- des abschüssigen definite genitive includes-article
- der abschüssigen definite feminine genitive
- dem abschüssigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abschüssig?
- /ˈapˌʃʏsɪç/
- /ˈapˌʃʏsɪk/
- [ˈapˌʃʏsɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to abschüssig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abschüssig in German?
abschüssig appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).