abwerben
German, verb
abwerben is spelled A-B-W-E-R-B-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 91,399th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abwerben is a German verb meaning “to entice, to poach” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Abwerben is a different word: “gerund of abwerben”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Person aus einem anderen Arbeitsverhältnis herausholen und selbst beschäftigen”.
What does abwerben mean in English?
verb
- 1
to entice, to poach
Unsere Konkurrenz hat uns letztes Jahr drei unserer besten Mitarbeiten abgeworben.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of abwerben
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. eine Person aus einem anderen Arbeitsverhältnis herausholen und selbst beschäftigen
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 abwerben
- wirbt ab present singular third-person
- warb ab past
- abgeworben participle past
- würbe ab past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 3 strong
- abwerbend participle present
- abzuwerben infinitive infinitive-zu
- werbe ab first-person indicative present
- werben ab first-person indicative plural
- wirbst ab indicative present second-person
- werbt ab indicative plural present
- werbest ab second-person singular subjunctive
- werbet ab plural second-person subjunctive
- warben ab first-person indicative plural
- würben ab first-person formal plural
- warbst ab indicative preterite second-person
- warbt ab indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to abwerben
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abwerben in German?
abwerben appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).