abwehren
German, verb
abwehren is spelled A-B-W-E-H-R-E-N (8 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written German, the 26,348th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abwehren is a German verb meaning “to fend off, to repel, to keep away” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Abwehren is a different word: “gerund of abwehren”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas oder jemanden zurückschlagen, um auf einen Angriff zu reagieren”.
What does abwehren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to fend off, to repel, to keep away
- 2
to refuse, to say no
- 3
to deflect (change the path of a shot or throw by unwittingly touching the ball)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of abwehren
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas oder jemanden zurückschlagen, um auf einen Angriff zu reagieren 2. eine Bedrohung, einen Schlag oder Ähnliches verhindern 3. etwas zurückweisen, sich etwas widersetzen 4. etwas oder jemanden von etwas fernhalten, vertreiben
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 abwehren
- wehrt ab present singular third-person
- wehrte ab past
- abgewehrt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- abwehrend participle present
- abzuwehren infinitive infinitive-zu
- wehre ab first-person indicative present
- wehren ab first-person indicative plural
- wehrst ab indicative present second-person
- wehrest ab second-person singular subjunctive
- wehret ab plural second-person subjunctive
- wehrten ab first-person indicative plural
- wehrtest ab indicative preterite second-person
- wehrtet ab indicative plural preterite
- wehr ab! imperative singular
- wehre ab! imperative singular
- wehrt ab! imperative plural
- abgewehrt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to abwehren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abwehren in German?
abwehren 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).