abdanken

/[ˈapˌdaŋkn̩]/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#76,452

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

abdanken is aGermanverb. It means: den Abschied nehmen, zurücktreten Pronounced [ˈapˌdaŋkn̩].

Key facts for abdanken
PropertyValue
Headwordabdanken
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈapˌdaŋkn̩]
Letters8
Frequency rank#76,452
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of abdanken in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for abdanken is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈapˌdaŋkn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #76,452 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for abdanken in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is abdanken, spelled A-B-D-A-N-K-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    den Abschied nehmen, zurücktreten
  2. 2
    für jemanden eine Trauerfeier in der Kirche abhalten
  3. 3
    (vor allem Soldaten oder Hauspersonal) aus dem bisherigen Dienst, aus den bisherigen Aufgaben entlassen; verabschieden
  4. 4
    den Hund streicheln, nachdem er eine gute Leistung gezeigt hat
  5. 5
    Treiber und andere Beteiligte einer Jagd nach deren Ende nach Hause entlassen
  6. 6
    einen Berufsjäger aus dem Dienst entlassen

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Frequency rank: #76,452 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "abdanken"?
"abdanken" is spelled A-B-D-A-N-K-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈapˌdaŋkn̩].
What does "abdanken" mean?
As a verb, "abdanken" means: den Abschied nehmen, zurücktreten
How do you pronounce "abdanken"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abdanken" is [ˈapˌdaŋkn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abdanken" come from?
"abdanken" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.