Abstammung
German, noun/ˈapˌʃtamʊŋ/
Abstammung is spelled A-B-S-T-A-M-M-U-N-G (10 letters) and appears 5.2 times per million words in written German, the 11,837th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abstammung is a German feminine noun meaning “descent, ancestry, lineage, parentage, genealogy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Herkunft von Organismen bezüglich der evolutionären Stammesentwicklung mit der Weitergabe von Erbanlagen…”.
What does Abstammung mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedescent, ancestry, lineage, parentage, genealogy
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Herkunft von Organismen bezüglich der evolutionären Stammesentwicklung mit der Weitergabe von Erbanlagen; familiäre Herkunft einer Person zur Bestimmung des Verwandtschaftsgrades
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 Abstammung
- Abstammungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Abstammung?
- /ˈapˌʃtamʊŋ/
- [ˈapˌʃtamʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Abstammung
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Abstammung in German?
Abstammung appears 5.2 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).