abwaschen
German, verb
abwaschen is spelled A-B-W-A-S-C-H-E-N (9 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written German, the 32,981st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abwaschen is a German verb meaning “to wash up (clean utensils, dishes, vegetables, etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Abwaschen is a different word: “gerund of abwaschen”. On this page, Abwäschen is a different word: “plural of Abwasch f”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas (zum Beispiel Dreck) durch Waschen mit Wasser und meist mit Reinigungsmitteln entfernen”.
What does abwaschen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to wash up (clean utensils, dishes, vegetables, etc.)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of abwaschen
noun
- 1
plural of Abwasch f
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas (zum Beispiel Dreck) durch Waschen mit Wasser und meist mit Reinigungsmitteln entfernen 2. etwas (zu Beispiel Geschirr) mit Wasser und meist mit Reinigungsmitteln reinigen
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 abwaschen
- wäscht ab present singular third-person
- wusch ab past
- abgewaschen participle past
- wüsche ab past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 6 strong
- abwaschend participle present
- abzuwaschen infinitive infinitive-zu
- wasche ab first-person indicative present
- waschen ab first-person indicative plural
- wäschst ab indicative present second-person
- wascht ab indicative plural present
- waschest ab second-person singular subjunctive
- waschet ab plural second-person subjunctive
- wuschen ab first-person indicative plural
- wüschen ab first-person formal plural
- wuschst ab indicative preterite second-person
- wuscht ab indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to abwaschen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abwaschen in German?
abwaschen appears 1.3 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).