abstauben
German, verb
abstauben is spelled A-B-S-T-A-U-B-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 48,028th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abstauben is a German verb meaning “to dust (to wipe away dust)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Abstauben is a different word: “gerund of abstauben”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Staub von etwas entfernen, etwas von Staub reinigen”.
What does abstauben mean in English?
verb
- 1
to dust (to wipe away dust)
- 2
colloquialto scrounge; to win (a prize in a contest); to score
- 3
to clean up
noun
- 1
neutergerund of abstauben
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Staub von etwas entfernen, etwas von Staub reinigen 2. sich etwas ohne Gegenleistung (durch Glück, Schenkung, Betteln, illegal, durch Ausnutzung anderer zu ihrem Nachteil und so weiter) aneignen 3. jemanden ausschimpfen
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 abstauben
- staubt ab present singular third-person
- staubte ab past
- abgestaubt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- abstaubend participle present
- abzustauben infinitive infinitive-zu
- staube ab first-person indicative present
- stauben ab first-person indicative plural
- staubst ab indicative present second-person
- staubest ab second-person singular subjunctive
- staubet ab plural second-person subjunctive
- staubten ab first-person indicative plural
- staubtest ab indicative preterite second-person
- staubtet ab indicative plural preterite
- abstäuben variant
- staube ab! imperative singular
- staubt ab! imperative plural
- abgestaubt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to abstauben
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abstauben in German?
abstauben appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).