absenden
German, verb
absenden is spelled A-B-S-E-N-D-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 62,285th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Absenden is a German verb meaning “to forward, send on” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Absenden is a different word: “gerund of absenden”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas (zum Beispiel Briefe, Päckchen oder Waren) an einen Empfänger übermitteln”.
What does absenden mean in English?
verb
- 1
to forward, send on
noun
- 1
neutergerund of absenden
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas (zum Beispiel Briefe, Päckchen oder Waren) an einen Empfänger übermitteln 2. eine Person mit einem Auftrag entsenden, losschicken
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 absenden
- sendet ab present singular third-person
- sendete ab past
- sandte ab past
- abgesendet participle past
- abgesandt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- absendend participle present
- abzusenden infinitive infinitive-zu
- sende ab first-person indicative present
- senden ab first-person indicative plural
- sendest ab indicative present second-person
- sendeten ab first-person indicative plural
- sandten ab first-person indicative plural
- sendetest ab indicative preterite second-person
- sandtest ab indicative preterite second-person
- send ab! imperative singular
- sende ab! imperative singular
- sendet ab! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is absenden in German?
absenden 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).