Abwehrspiel
German, noun
Abwehrspiel is spelled A-B-W-E-H-R-S-P-I-E-L (11 letters) and appears about once in every 72 million words in written German, the 528,992nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abwehrspiel is a German neuter noun meaning “the way that the defense plays during a game; the defensive game” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Abwehrspiel mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterthe way that the defense plays during a game; the defensive game
- 2
neutera game that mainly relies on the defense rather than the offense
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of Abwehrspiel
- Abwehrspieles genitive
- Abwehrspiels genitive
- Abwehrspiele plural
- Abwehrspielen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Abwehrspiel?
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Abwehrspiel in German?
Abwehrspiel appears about once in every 72 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).