Abstrich
German, noun
Abstrich is spelled A-B-S-T-R-I-C-H (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 64,132nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abstrich is a German masculine noun meaning “A drawback one accepts willingly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, abstrich is a different word: “first/third-person singular dependent preterite of abstreichen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Linie in der Schreibschrift, die nach unten führt”.
What does Abstrich mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineA drawback one accepts willingly
- 2
masculineswab sample
- 3
masculinedown bow
- 4
masculinedownstroke
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular dependent preterite of abstreichen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Linie in der Schreibschrift, die nach unten führt 2. kleine, äußerlich genommene Probe von Zellmaterial, Probenahme 3. Abwärtsbewegung des Bogens 4. Kürzung, zum Beispiel bei einer Anforderung oder Geldsumme
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 Abstrich
- Abstriches genitive
- Abstrichs genitive
- Abstriche plural
- Abstrichen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Abstrich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Abstrich in German?
Abstrich appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).