abweisen
German, verb
abweisen is spelled A-B-W-E-I-S-E-N (8 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written German, the 37,432nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abweisen is a German verb meaning “to dismiss (reject)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Abweisen is a different word: “gerund of abweisen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Bitte, eine Anfrage ablehnen; einer Bitte oder Anfrage nicht nachkommen”.
What does abweisen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to dismiss (reject)
- 2
to repel an attack
noun
- 1
neutergerund of abweisen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. eine Bitte, eine Anfrage ablehnen; einer Bitte oder Anfrage nicht nachkommen 2. einer Klage, einem Antrag nicht stattgeben 3. einen Besucher nicht empfangen; jemanden wieder fortschicken
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 abweisen
- weist ab present singular third-person
- wies ab past
- abgewiesen participle past
- haben auxiliary
- 1 strong
- abweisend participle present
- abzuweisen infinitive infinitive-zu
- weise ab first-person indicative present
- weisen ab first-person indicative plural
- weisest ab second-person singular subjunctive
- weiset ab plural second-person subjunctive
- wiesen ab first-person indicative plural
- wiese ab first-person formal rare
- wiesest ab indicative preterite second-person
- wiest ab indicative preterite second-person
- wieset ab formal plural rare
- weise ab! imperative singular
- weist ab! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to abweisen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abweisen in German?
abweisen appears 1.1 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).