abwickeln
German, verb
abwickeln is spelled A-B-W-I-C-K-E-L-N (9 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written German, the 35,124th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abwickeln is a German verb meaning “to unwind” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Abwickeln is a different word: “gerund of abwickeln”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “herunterwickeln, abmachen”.
What does abwickeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to unwind
- 2
to wind up, wind down (to dissolve a partnership or corporation and liquidate its assets)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of abwickeln
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. herunterwickeln, abmachen 2. etwas erledigen, eine Aufgabe ausführen 3. sich abspielen, sich ereignen 4. ein Unternehmen auflösen, liquidieren
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 abwickeln
- wickelt ab present singular third-person
- wickelte ab past
- abgewickelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- abwickelnd participle present
- abzuwickeln infinitive infinitive-zu
- wickle ab first-person indicative present
- wickele ab first-person indicative present
- wickel ab first-person indicative present
- wickeln ab first-person indicative plural
- wickelst ab indicative present second-person
- wickelest ab second-person singular subjunctive
- wicklest ab second-person singular subjunctive
- wickelet ab plural second-person subjunctive
- wicklet ab plural second-person subjunctive
- wickelten ab first-person indicative plural
- wickeltest ab indicative preterite second-person
- wickeltet ab indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to abwickeln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abwickeln in German?
abwickeln appears 1.2 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).