abweichen
German, verb
abweichen is spelled A-B-W-E-I-C-H-E-N (9 letters) and appears 4.3 times per million words in written German, the 13,799th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abweichen is a German verb meaning “to differ or vary” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Abweichen is a different word: “gerund of abweichen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich von einer Norm oder Regularität unterscheiden”.
What does abweichen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to differ or vary
- 2
to deviate or diverge
noun
- 1
neutergerund of abweichen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich von einer Norm oder Regularität unterscheiden
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 abweichen
- weicht ab present singular third-person
- wich ab past
- abgewichen participle past
- sein auxiliary
- 1 strong
- abweichend participle present
- abzuweichen infinitive infinitive-zu
- weiche ab first-person indicative present
- weichen ab first-person indicative plural
- weichst ab indicative present second-person
- weichest ab second-person singular subjunctive
- weichet ab plural second-person subjunctive
- wichen ab first-person indicative plural
- wiche ab first-person formal rare
- wichst ab indicative preterite second-person
- wicht ab indicative plural preterite
- wichest ab formal rare second-person
- wichet ab formal plural rare
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to abweichen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abweichen in German?
abweichen appears 4.3 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).