Abatjour
[abaˈʒuːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Abatjour” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Fenster mit einer abgeschrägten Laibung
Corpus desk
Index DE-abatjour · Abatjour · German
Abatjour · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Abatjour |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [abaˈʒuːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Abatjour“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Abatjour is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [abaˈʒuːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Abatjour, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Abatjour, spelled A-B-A-T-J-O-U-R.
Definition
- 1ein Fenster mit einer abgeschrägten Laibung
- 2ein Oberlicht
- 3Lampenschirm
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Abatjour appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Gefängnisfenster sind oft als Abatjour ausgeführt.
Industriell gefertigte, in der Decke integrierte Abatjours aus Kunststoff werden häufig zur kostengünstigen Belichtung genutzt.
Synonyms
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.