abbaut

[ˈapˌbaʊ̯t]

/[ˈapˌbaʊ̯t]/ verb

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The verdict

“abbaut” is uncommon German (frequency #73,183 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,183
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs abbauen

Corpus desk

Index DE-abbaut · abbaut · German

abbaut · rank #73,183 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,183
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Abendrot

Nearest frequency peer: Abendrot (+1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „abbaut“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „abbaut“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for abbaut
PropertyValue
Headwordabbaut
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈapˌbaʊ̯t]
Letters6
Frequency rank#73,183
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „abbaut“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).abbautfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Abendrot“ (#73,184), „Abenteuerlust“ (#73,185), „abertausende“ (#73,186). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „abbaut“ bei #73,183. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

abbaut is uncommon German at frequency #73,183 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈapˌbaʊ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

abbaut doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is abbaut, spelled A-B-B-A-U-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs abbauen
  2. 2
    2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs abbauen

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "abbaut"?
"abbaut" is spelled A-B-B-A-U-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈapˌbaʊ̯t].
What does "abbaut" mean?
As a verb, "abbaut" means: 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs abbauen
How do you pronounce "abbaut"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abbaut" is [ˈapˌbaʊ̯t]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abbaut" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "abbaut", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Zieles#73,145animus#73,231würgte#73,134Webern#73,098

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list