abstammen
German, verb/ˈapˌʃtamən/
abstammen is spelled A-B-S-T-A-M-M-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 55,211th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abstammen is a German verb meaning “to descend” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “seine Herkunft von jemandem oder etwas haben”.
What does abstammen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to descend
- 2
to stem
- 3
to derive
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. seine Herkunft von jemandem oder etwas haben
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 abstammen
- stammt ab present singular third-person
- stammte ab past
- abgestammt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- abstammend participle present
- abzustammen infinitive infinitive-zu
- stamme ab first-person indicative present
- stammen ab first-person indicative plural
- stammst ab indicative present second-person
- stammest ab second-person singular subjunctive
- stammet ab plural second-person subjunctive
- stammten ab first-person indicative plural
- stammtest ab indicative preterite second-person
- stammtet ab indicative plural preterite
- stamm ab! imperative singular
- stamme ab! imperative singular
- stammt ab! imperative plural
- abgestammt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abstammen?
- /ˈapˌʃtamən/
- [ˈapˌʃtamən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to abstammen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abstammen in German?
abstammen 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).