abwerten
German, verb
abwerten is spelled A-B-W-E-R-T-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 72,255th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abwerten is a German verb meaning “to devaluate, to denigrate, to depreciate, to devalue” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Abwerten is a different word: “gerund of abwerten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas in seinem Wert herabsetzen”.
What does abwerten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to devaluate, to denigrate, to depreciate, to devalue
noun
- 1
neutergerund of abwerten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas in seinem Wert herabsetzen 2. etwas in seinem Ansehen, seiner Bedeutung vermindern
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 abwerten
- wertet ab present singular third-person
- wertete ab past
- abgewertet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- abwertend participle present
- abzuwerten infinitive infinitive-zu
- werte ab first-person indicative present
- werten ab first-person indicative plural
- wertest ab indicative present second-person
- werteten ab first-person indicative plural
- wertetest ab indicative preterite second-person
- wertetet ab indicative plural preterite
- wert ab! imperative singular
- werte ab! imperative singular
- wertet ab! imperative plural
- abgewertet haben active infinitive perfect
- abgewertet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- abgewertet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to abwerten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abwerten in German?
abwerten appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).