abstreiten
German, verb[ˈapˌʃtʁaɪ̯tn̩]
abstreiten is spelled A-B-S-T-R-E-I-T-E-N (10 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written German, the 34,584th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abstreiten is a German verb meaning “to repudiate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Behauptung oder einen Vorwurf nicht anerkennen”.
What does abstreiten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to repudiate
- 2
to contest
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. eine Behauptung oder einen Vorwurf nicht anerkennen
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 abstreiten
- streitet ab present singular third-person
- stritt ab past
- abgestritten participle past
- haben auxiliary
- 1 strong
- abstreitend participle present
- abzustreiten infinitive infinitive-zu
- streite ab first-person indicative present
- streiten ab first-person indicative plural
- streitest ab indicative present second-person
- stritten ab first-person indicative plural
- stritte ab first-person formal rare
- strittest ab indicative preterite second-person
- strittst ab indicative preterite second-person
- strittet ab indicative plural preterite
- streite ab! imperative singular
- streitet ab! imperative plural
- abgestritten haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abstreiten?
- [ˈapˌʃtʁaɪ̯tn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to abstreiten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abstreiten in German?
abstreiten appears 1.2 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).