abseihen
German, verb/ˈapˌzaɪ̯ən/
abseihen is spelled A-B-S-E-I-H-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 174,963rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abseihen is a German verb meaning “to filter, strain” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “feste Bestandteile von Flüssigkeit mittels Sieb oder Tuch trennen, insbesondere bei der…”.
What does abseihen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to filter, strain
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. feste Bestandteile von Flüssigkeit mittels Sieb oder Tuch trennen, insbesondere bei der Lebensmittelzubereitung
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 abseihen
- seiht ab present singular third-person
- seihte ab past
- abgeseiht participle past
- haben auxiliary
- abseihend participle present
- abzuseihen infinitive infinitive-zu
- seihe ab first-person indicative present
- seihen ab first-person indicative plural
- seihst ab indicative present second-person
- seihest ab second-person singular subjunctive
- seihet ab plural second-person subjunctive
- seihten ab first-person indicative plural
- seihtest ab indicative preterite second-person
- seihtet ab indicative plural preterite
- seih ab! imperative singular
- seihe ab! imperative singular
- seiht ab! imperative plural
- abgeseiht haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abseihen?
- /ˈapˌzaɪ̯ən/
- [ˈapˌzaɪ̯ən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is abseihen in German?
abseihen appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).