abwandeln
German, verb/ˈapˌvandl̩n/
abwandeln is spelled A-B-W-A-N-D-E-L-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 163,492nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abwandeln is a German verb meaning “to modify” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine (nicht sehr große) Veränderung vornehmen”.
What does abwandeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to modify
- 2
to inflect
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. eine (nicht sehr große) Veränderung vornehmen 2. Flexionsendungen hinzufügen, flektieren
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 abwandeln
- wandelt ab present singular third-person
- wandelte ab past
- abgewandelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- abwandelnd participle present
- abzuwandeln infinitive infinitive-zu
- wandle ab first-person indicative present
- wandele ab first-person indicative present
- wandel ab first-person indicative present
- wandeln ab first-person indicative plural
- wandelst ab indicative present second-person
- wandelest ab second-person singular subjunctive
- wandlest ab second-person singular subjunctive
- wandelet ab plural second-person subjunctive
- wandlet ab plural second-person subjunctive
- wandelten ab first-person indicative plural
- wandeltest ab indicative preterite second-person
- wandeltet ab indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abwandeln?
- /ˈapˌvandl̩n/
- [ˈapˌvandl̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to abwandeln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abwandeln in German?
abwandeln appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).