Abstand
German, noun/ˈapʃtant/
Abstand is spelled A-B-S-T-A-N-D (7 letters) and appears 42 times per million words in written German, the 2,026th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abstand is a German masculine noun meaning “distance, interspace, spacing, interval, gap” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “räumlicher oder zeitlicher Zwischenraum, räumliche Entfernung zwischen zwei Punkten, Zeitabschnitt zwischen…”.
What does Abstand mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedistance, interspace, spacing, interval, gap
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. räumlicher oder zeitlicher Zwischenraum, räumliche Entfernung zwischen zwei Punkten, Zeitabschnitt zwischen zwei Zeitpunkten auch im übertragenen Sinn 2. finanzielle Entschädigung, Ausgleich
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 Abstand
- Abstandes genitive
- Abstands genitive
- Abstände plural
- Abstande dative singular
- Abständen dative definite plural
- Abst. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Abstand?
- /ˈapʃtant/
- [ˈapˌʃtant]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Abstand
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Abstand in German?
Abstand appears 42 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).