Abwehrmechanismus
German, noun/ˈapveːɐ̯meçaˌnɪsmʊs/
Abwehrmechanismus is spelled A-B-W-E-H-R-M-E-C-H-A-N-I-S-M-U-S (17 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written German, the 144,446th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abwehrmechanismus is a German masculine noun meaning “defense mechanism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “(meist) unwillkürliche Verhinderung (von etwas)”.
What does Abwehrmechanismus mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedefense mechanism
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (meist) unwillkürliche Verhinderung (von etwas)
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 Abwehrmechanismus
- Abwehrmechanismen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Abwehrmechanismus?
- /ˈapveːɐ̯meçaˌnɪsmʊs/
- [ˈapveːɐ̯meçaˌnɪsmʊs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Abwehrmechanismus in German?
Abwehrmechanismus appears about once in every 8 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).