Abtausch
German, noun/ˈapˌtaʊ̯ʃ/
Abtausch is spelled A-B-T-A-U-S-C-H (8 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written German, the 232,034th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abtausch is a German masculine noun meaning “the act of trading a piece for another” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “wechselseitige Schläge (beim Sport, besonders beim Boxen); Auseinandersetzung, bei der es hin und her geht”.
What does Abtausch mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethe act of trading a piece for another
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. wechselseitige Schläge (beim Sport, besonders beim Boxen); Auseinandersetzung, bei der es hin und her geht 2. das gegenseitige Schlagen von gleichen oder etwa gleichwertigen Figuren 3. Tausch, Austausch
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 Abtausch
- Abtausches genitive
- Abtauschs genitive
- Abtausche plural
- Abtäusche plural
- Abtauschen dative definite plural
- Abtäuschen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Abtausch?
- /ˈapˌtaʊ̯ʃ/
- [ˈapˌtaʊ̯ʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Abtausch in German?
Abtausch appears about once in every 17 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).