Abwasser
German, noun
Abwasser is spelled A-B-W-A-S-S-E-R (8 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written German, the 18,843rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abwasser is a German neuter noun meaning “wastewater” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, Abwässer is a different word: “nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Abwasser”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “durch häuslichen, gewerblichen sowie industriellen Gebrauch verunreinigtes oder auf bebauten bzw. befestigten…”.
What does Abwasser mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterwastewater
- 2
neuterwater contaminated from human usage; sewage
noun
- 1
neuternominative/accusative/genitive plural of Abwasser
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. durch häuslichen, gewerblichen sowie industriellen Gebrauch verunreinigtes oder auf bebauten bzw. befestigten Flächen gesammeltes und abfließendes Wasser sowie ein unbeabsichtigter Fremdwasserzufluss
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 Abwasser
- Abwassers genitive
- Abwässer plural
- Abwässern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Abwasser
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Abwasser in German?
Abwasser appears 2.8 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).