Abdomen

[ˌapˈdoːmən]

/[ˌapˈdoːmən]/ noun

The verdict

“Abdomen” is uncommon German (frequency #56,726 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,726
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bauch, Unterleib

Corpus desk

Index DE-abdomen · Abdomen · German

Abdomen · rank #56,726 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,726
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Abführmittel

Nearest frequency peer: Abführmittel (+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 „Abdomen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Abdomen
PropertyValue
HeadwordAbdomen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˌapˈdoːmən]
Letters7
Frequency rank#56,726
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Abdomen“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Abführmittel“ (#56,727), „übertreibst“ (#56,724), „abfüllen“ (#56,728). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Abdomen“ bei #56,726. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Abdomen is uncommon German at frequency #56,726 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌapˈdoːmən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for Abdomen in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Abdomen, spelled A-B-D-O-M-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bauch, Unterleib
  2. 2
    Hinterleib der Insekten und Krebstiere

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Der Patient hatte ein verhärtetes Abdomen. In Ihrem Fall ist es wichtig, eine Ultraschalluntersuchung des Abdomens vorzunehmen.
  2. Die Termitenkönigin besteht fast nur aus dem Abdomen.

Synonyms

BauchUnterleibHinterleib

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 "Abdomen"?
"Abdomen" is spelled A-B-D-O-M-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌapˈdoːmən].
What does "Abdomen" mean?
As a noun, "Abdomen" means: Bauch, Unterleib
How do you pronounce "Abdomen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Abdomen" is [ˌapˈdoːmən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Abdomen" come from?
"Abdomen" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list