abwracken
German, verb
abwracken is spelled A-B-W-R-A-C-K-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written German, the 235,032nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abwracken is a German verb meaning “to wreck (down)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Abwracken is a different word: “gerund of abwracken”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “fachgerecht zerlegen und entsorgen”.
What does abwracken mean in English?
verb
- 1
to wreck (down)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of abwracken
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. fachgerecht zerlegen und entsorgen
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 abwracken
- wrackt ab present singular third-person
- wrackte ab past
- abgewrackt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- abwrackend participle present
- abzuwracken infinitive infinitive-zu
- wracke ab first-person indicative present
- wracken ab first-person indicative plural
- wrackst ab indicative present second-person
- wrackest ab second-person singular subjunctive
- wracket ab plural second-person subjunctive
- wrackten ab first-person indicative plural
- wracktest ab indicative preterite second-person
- wracktet ab indicative plural preterite
- wrack ab! imperative singular
- wracke ab! imperative singular
- wrackt ab! imperative plural
- abgewrackt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to abwracken
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abwracken in German?
abwracken appears about once in every 17 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).