abtrennen
German, verb
abtrennen is spelled A-B-T-R-E-N-N-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 47,290th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abtrennen is a German verb meaning “to cut off, sever” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Abtrennen is a different word: “gerund of abtrennen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Sache von einer anderen Sache absondern”.
What does abtrennen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to cut off, sever
- 2
to separate
noun
- 1
neutergerund of abtrennen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. eine Sache von einer anderen Sache absondern
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 abtrennen
- trennt ab present singular third-person
- trennte ab past
- abgetrennt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- abtrennend participle present
- abzutrennen infinitive infinitive-zu
- trenne ab first-person indicative present
- trennen ab first-person indicative plural
- trennst ab indicative present second-person
- trennest ab second-person singular subjunctive
- trennet ab plural second-person subjunctive
- trennten ab first-person indicative plural
- trenntest ab indicative preterite second-person
- trenntet ab indicative plural preterite
- trenn ab! imperative singular
- trenne ab! imperative singular
- trennt ab! imperative plural
- abgetrennt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to abtrennen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abtrennen in German?
abtrennen appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).