abbreviate
[əˈbɹiːvieɪt]
The verdict
“abbreviate” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - abkürzen, abbreviieren
Corpus desk
Index DE-abbreviate · abbreviate · German
abbreviate · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | abbreviate |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [əˈbɹiːvieɪt] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „abbreviate“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
abbreviate is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [əˈbɹiːvieɪt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for abbreviate, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 abbreviate, spelled A-B-B-R-E-V-I-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1abkürzen, abbreviieren
- 2das (zeitliche) Ausmaß verringern; kürzen, verkürzen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how abbreviate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"European Union" is usually abbreviated to "EU".
I must abbreviate my speech because it is too long.
Antonyms
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.