abtrünnig
German, adjective/ˈʔapˌtʁʏnɪç/
abtrünnig is spelled A-B-T-R-Ü-N-N-I-G (9 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 116,815th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abtrünnig is a German adjective meaning “renegade, breakaway” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “treulos, abgefallen (von jemandem oder etwas)”.
What does abtrünnig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
renegade, breakaway
das abtrünnige Gebiet
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. treulos, abgefallen (von jemandem oder etwas)
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 abtrünnig
- abtrünniger masculine nominative singular
- abtrünnige feminine nominative singular
- abtrünniges neuter nominative singular
- abtrünnigen genitive masculine singular
- abtrünnigem dative masculine singular
- der abtrünnige definite includes-article masculine
- die abtrünnige definite feminine includes-article
- das abtrünnige definite includes-article neuter
- die abtrünnigen definite includes-article nominative
- des abtrünnigen definite genitive includes-article
- der abtrünnigen definite feminine genitive
- dem abtrünnigen dative definite includes-article
- den abtrünnigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abtrünnig?
- /ˈʔapˌtʁʏnɪç/
- [ˈaptʁʏnɪç]
- [ˈaptʁʏnɪk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to abtrünnig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abtrünnig in German?
abtrünnig appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).