abschwächen
German, verb
abschwächen is spelled A-B-S-C-H-W-Ä-C-H-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 59,520th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abschwächen is a German verb meaning “to make milder, weaken, abate, attenuate, soften” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Abschwächen is a different word: “gerund of abschwächen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Wirkung, Bedeutung oder Tragweite von etwas vermindern”.
What does abschwächen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to make milder, weaken, abate, attenuate, soften
- 2
to alleviate, mitigate
noun
- 1
neutergerund of abschwächen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. die Wirkung, Bedeutung oder Tragweite von etwas vermindern
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 abschwächen
- schwächt ab present singular third-person
- schwächte ab past
- abgeschwächt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- abschwächend participle present
- abzuschwächen infinitive infinitive-zu
- schwäche ab first-person indicative present
- schwächen ab first-person indicative plural
- schwächst ab indicative present second-person
- schwächest ab second-person singular subjunctive
- schwächet ab plural second-person subjunctive
- schwächten ab first-person indicative plural
- schwächtest ab indicative preterite second-person
- schwächtet ab indicative plural preterite
- schwäch ab! imperative singular
- schwäche ab! imperative singular
- schwächt ab! imperative plural
- abgeschwächt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to abschwächen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abschwächen in German?
abschwächen appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).