Abszess
German, noun[apsˈt͡sɛs]
Abszess is spelled A-B-S-Z-E-S-S (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 85,035th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abszess is a German masculine noun meaning “abscess” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Ansammlung von Eiter in einem durch Gewebseinschmelzung (Nekrose) entstandenen unnatürlichen Hohlraum”.
What does Abszess mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineneuterabscess
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ansammlung von Eiter in einem durch Gewebseinschmelzung (Nekrose) entstandenen unnatürlichen Hohlraum
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 Abszess
- in Austria mainly
- Abszesses genitive
- Abszesse plural
- Abszessen dative definite plural
- Abszeß alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Abszess?
- [apsˈt͡sɛs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Abszess
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Abszess in German?
Abszess appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).