absondern
German, verb/ˈapˌzɔndɐn/
absondern is spelled A-B-S-O-N-D-E-R-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 60,441st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Absondern is a German verb meaning “to secrete; to exude (especially a liquid)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas abstoßen, von sich geben”.
What does absondern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to secrete; to exude (especially a liquid)
- 2
derogatoryinformalto say; to utter (especially repeatedly over some period of time, as though it were a secretion)
die Machosprüche, die er ständig absondert
- 3
to seclude; to isolate; to keep separate; to segregate (not usually in the racist sense, but e.g. for quarantine)
- 4
to seclude oneself; to avoid contact
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas abstoßen, von sich geben 2. sich von etwas fernhalten und lieber für sich sein 3. etwas oder jemanden von etwas oder anderen isolieren
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 absondern
- sondert ab present singular third-person
- sonderte ab past
- abgesondert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- absondernd participle present
- abzusondern infinitive infinitive-zu
- sondre ab first-person indicative present
- sondere ab first-person indicative present
- sonder ab first-person indicative present
- sondern ab first-person indicative plural
- sonderst ab indicative present second-person
- sonderest ab second-person singular subjunctive
- sondrest ab second-person singular subjunctive
- sonderet ab plural second-person subjunctive
- sondret ab plural second-person subjunctive
- sonderten ab first-person indicative plural
- sondertest ab indicative preterite second-person
- sondertet ab indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce absondern?
- /ˈapˌzɔndɐn/
- [ˈapˌzɔndɐn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to absondern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is absondern in German?
absondern 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).