abbestellen

[ˈapbəˌʃtɛlən]

/[ˈapbəˌʃtɛlən]/ verb

The verdict

“abbestellen” is uncommon German (frequency #83,607 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,607
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Bestellung rückgängig machen, etwas kündigen

Corpus desk

Index DE-abbestellen · abbestellen · German

abbestellen · rank #83,607 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,607
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Abbilder

Nearest frequency peer: Abbilder (+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 „abbestellen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for abbestellen
PropertyValue
Headwordabbestellen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈapbəˌʃtɛlən]
Letters11
Frequency rank#83,607
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „abbestellen“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.abbestellenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Abbilder“ (#83,608), „abbinden“ (#83,609), „abgehangen“ (#83,611). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „abbestellen“ bei #83,607. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

abbestellen is uncommon German at frequency #83,607 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈapbəˌʃtɛlən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for abbestellen in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is abbestellen, spelled A-B-B-E-S-T-E-L-L-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Bestellung rückgängig machen, etwas kündigen
  2. 2
    die Bestellung von jemandem rückgängig machen, jemandem kündigen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how abbestellen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Die Zeitung bestelle ich ab.
  2. Gegen Mitternacht wurde sogar eine bereits verständige Mannschaft des Roten Kreuzes nach nur einer Minute wieder abbestellt

Antonyms

This word in other languages

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 "abbestellen"?
"abbestellen" is spelled A-B-B-E-S-T-E-L-L-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈapbəˌʃtɛlən].
What does "abbestellen" mean?
As a verb, "abbestellen" means: eine Bestellung rückgängig machen, etwas kündigen
How do you pronounce "abbestellen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abbestellen" is [ˈapbəˌʃtɛlən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abbestellen" come from?
"abbestellen" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list