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abwerfen

German, verb

abwerfen is spelled A-B-W-E-R-F-E-N (8 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written German, the 27,235th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abwerfen is a German verb meaning “to throw down, to let fall, drop (from a height)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Abwerfen is a different word: “dropping, dump (gerund of abwerfen)”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “hinunter werfen, sich einer Sache entledigen”.

What does abwerfen mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to throw down, to let fall, drop (from a height)

  2. 2

    to throw off (e.g. a yoke, a rider)

  3. 3

    to shed (leaves, antlers etc.)

  4. 4

    to hit with the ball

  5. 5

    to throw (the ball)

  6. 6

    to discard (a playing card)

  7. 7

    to knock down, knock off (e.g. a bar in the high jump)

  8. 8

    to get money from

noun

as Abwerfen
  1. 1

    neuterdropping, dump (gerund of abwerfen)

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. hinunter werfen, sich einer Sache entledigen 2. Gewinn bringen; einbringen 3. einen gegnerischen Spieler mit dem Ball treffen

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 abwerfen

  • wirft ab present singular third-person
  • warf ab past
  • abgeworfen participle past
  • würfe ab past subjunctive
  • haben auxiliary
  • 3 strong
  • abwerfend participle present
  • abzuwerfen infinitive infinitive-zu
  • werfe ab first-person indicative present
  • werfen ab first-person indicative plural
  • wirfst ab indicative present second-person
  • werft ab indicative plural present
  • werfest ab second-person singular subjunctive
  • werfet ab plural second-person subjunctive
  • warfen ab first-person indicative plural
  • würfen ab first-person formal plural
  • warfst ab indicative preterite second-person
  • warft ab indicative plural preterite

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to abwerfen

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is abwerfen in German?

abwerfen appears 1.7 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).

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