abtupfen
German, verb/ˈapˌtʊp͡fn̩/
abtupfen is spelled A-B-T-U-P-F-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written German, the 189,851st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abtupfen is a German verb meaning “to remove something by light, careful touching with an absorbent cloth” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas durch leichtes, vorsichtiges Berühren mit einem saugfähigen Tuch entfernen”.
What does abtupfen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to remove something by light, careful touching with an absorbent cloth.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas durch leichtes, vorsichtiges Berühren mit einem saugfähigen Tuch entfernen
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 abtupfen
- tupft ab present singular third-person
- tupfte ab past
- abgetupft participle past
- haben auxiliary
- abtupfend participle present
- abzutupfen infinitive infinitive-zu
- tupfe ab first-person indicative present
- tupfen ab first-person indicative plural
- tupfst ab indicative present second-person
- tupfest ab second-person singular subjunctive
- tupfet ab plural second-person subjunctive
- tupften ab first-person indicative plural
- tupftest ab indicative preterite second-person
- tupftet ab indicative plural preterite
- tupfe ab! imperative singular
- tupft ab! imperative plural
- abgetupft haben active infinitive perfect
- abgetupft werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abtupfen?
- /ˈapˌtʊp͡fn̩/
- [ˈapˌtʊp͡fn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is abtupfen in German?
abtupfen appears about once in every 12 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).