abwesend
German, adjective/ˈapˌveːzənt/
abwesend is spelled A-B-W-E-S-E-N-D (8 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written German, the 27,669th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abwesend is a German adjective meaning “absent (being away from a place)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nicht am erwarteten Ort befindlich”.
What does abwesend mean in English?
adjective
- 1
absent (being away from a place)
- 2
distracted; not concentrated; absentminded
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. nicht am erwarteten Ort befindlich 2. geistig nicht bei der Sache
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 abwesend
- abwesender masculine nominative singular
- am abwesendsten superlative
- abwesende feminine nominative singular
- abwesendes neuter nominative singular
- abwesenden genitive masculine singular
- abwesendem dative masculine singular
- der abwesende definite includes-article masculine
- die abwesende definite feminine includes-article
- das abwesende definite includes-article neuter
- die abwesenden definite includes-article nominative
- des abwesenden definite genitive includes-article
- der abwesenden definite feminine genitive
- dem abwesenden dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abwesend?
- /ˈapˌveːzənt/
- [ˈapˌveːzənt]
- Germany [ˈapˌveːzn̩t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to abwesend
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abwesend in German?
abwesend 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).