abstrus
German, adjective[apˈstʁuːs]
abstrus is spelled A-B-S-T-R-U-S (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 66,083rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abstrus is a German adjective meaning “difficult to follow or comprehend, abstruse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “absonderlich, töricht”.
What does abstrus mean in English?
adjective
- 1
raredifficult to follow or comprehend, abstruse
- 2
colloquialabsurd, nonsensical, very implausible (especially of claims, ideas)
adverb
- 1
abstrusely
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. absonderlich, töricht 2. schwer verständlich, verworren, ohne gedankliche Ordnung
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 abstrus
- abstruser masculine nominative singular
- am abstrusesten superlative
- abstruse feminine nominative singular
- abstruses neuter nominative singular
- abstrusen genitive masculine singular
- abstrusem dative masculine singular
- der abstruse definite includes-article masculine
- die abstruse definite feminine includes-article
- das abstruse definite includes-article neuter
- die abstrusen definite includes-article nominative
- des abstrusen definite genitive includes-article
- der abstrusen definite feminine genitive
- dem abstrusen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abstrus?
- [apˈstʁuːs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to abstrus
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abstrus in German?
abstrus 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).