abwägen
German, verb
abwägen is spelled A-B-W-Ä-G-E-N (7 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written German, the 25,938th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abwägen is a German verb meaning “to weigh (to determine the intrinsic value or merit of an object)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Abwägen is a different word: “gerund of abwägen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “vergleichend prüfen”.
What does abwägen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to weigh (to determine the intrinsic value or merit of an object)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of abwägen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. vergleichend prüfen 2. abwiegen
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 abwägen
- wägt ab present singular third-person
- wog ab past
- abgewogen participle past
- wöge ab past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 4 strong
- abwägend participle present
- abzuwägen infinitive infinitive-zu
- wäge ab first-person indicative present
- wägen ab first-person indicative plural
- wägst ab indicative present second-person
- wägest ab second-person singular subjunctive
- wäget ab plural second-person subjunctive
- wogen ab first-person indicative plural
- wögen ab first-person formal plural
- wogst ab indicative preterite second-person
- wogt ab indicative plural preterite
- wögest ab formal rare second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to abwägen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abwägen in German?
abwägen appears 1.8 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).