abbürsten
[ˈapˌbʏʁstn̩]
The verdict
“abbürsten” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas von etwas mit einer Bürste entfernen
Corpus desk
Index DE-abbursten · abbürsten · German
abbürsten · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | abbürsten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈapˌbʏʁstn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „abbürsten“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
abbürsten is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈapˌbʏʁstn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for abbürsten in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 abbürsten, spelled A-B-B-Ü-R-S-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas von etwas mit einer Bürste entfernen
- 2etwas oder jemanden mit einer Bürste reinigen
- 3jemanden stark zurechtweisen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how abbürsten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sie bürstete die Fusseln von seinem Mantel ab.
Er bürstete seine Jacke ab.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.