abtun
German, verb
abtun is spelled A-B-T-U-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 46,552nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abtun is a German verb meaning “to dismiss, brush aside, snub” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Abtun is a different word: “gerund of abtun”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Kleidungsstück absetzen, ablegen”.
What does abtun mean in English?
verb
- 1
to dismiss, brush aside, snub
- 2
to waive
- 3
Switzerlandto kill
- 4
colloquialto take off
die Brille abtun
noun
- 1
neutergerund of abtun
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ein Kleidungsstück absetzen, ablegen 2. etwas Unangenehmem oder Lästigem keine große Bedeutung beimessen und es lieber von sich schieben 3. jemanden übergehen, ihm eine geringschätzige Behandlung zuteilwerden lassen 4. etwas erledigen
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 abtun
- tut ab present singular third-person
- tat ab past
- abgetan participle past
- täte ab past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- abtuend participle present
- abzutun infinitive infinitive-zu
- tue ab first-person indicative present
- tun ab first-person indicative plural
- tuen ab first-person plural subjunctive
- tust ab indicative present second-person
- tuest ab second-person singular subjunctive
- tuet ab plural second-person subjunctive
- taten ab first-person indicative plural
- täten ab first-person plural subjunctive
- tatest ab indicative preterite second-person
- tatst ab indicative preterite second-person
- tatet ab indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to abtun
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abtun in German?
abtun 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).