Abstinenz
German, noun/apstiˈnɛnts/
Abstinenz is spelled A-B-S-T-I-N-E-N-Z (9 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written German, the 29,051st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abstinenz is a German feminine noun meaning “abstinence (the act or practice of abstaining)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Enthaltsamkeit”.
What does Abstinenz mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineabstinence (the act or practice of abstaining)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Enthaltsamkeit 2. sexuelle Abstinenz; Verzicht auf Geschlechtsverkehr und andere sexuelle Handlungen 3. Verzicht auf Alkohol 4. Verzicht auf Fleisch beziehungsweise völliger Verzicht auf Tierprodukte
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Abstinenz?
- /apstiˈnɛnts/
- [apstiˈnɛnt͡s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Abstinenz
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Abstinenz in German?
Abstinenz appears 1.5 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).