abspalten
German, verb
abspalten is spelled A-B-S-P-A-L-T-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 72,255th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abspalten is a German verb meaning “to split off” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Abspalten is a different word: “gerund of abspalten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “von einem Ganzen einen kleineren Teil trennen”.
What does abspalten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to split off
noun
- 1
neutergerund of abspalten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. von einem Ganzen einen kleineren Teil trennen 2. sich von einem Ganzen in Einzelne trennen
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 abspalten
- spaltet ab present singular third-person
- spaltete ab past
- abgespalten participle past
- abgespaltet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- abspaltend participle present
- abzuspalten infinitive infinitive-zu
- spalte ab first-person indicative present
- spalten ab first-person indicative plural
- spaltest ab indicative present second-person
- spalteten ab first-person indicative plural
- spaltetest ab indicative preterite second-person
- spaltetet ab indicative plural preterite
- spalt ab! imperative singular
- spalte ab! imperative singular
- spaltet ab! imperative plural
- abgespalten haben active infinitive perfect
- abgespaltet haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to abspalten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abspalten in German?
abspalten appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).