abdriften
[ˈapˌdʁɪftn̩]
The verdict
“abdriften” is uncommon German (frequency #99,415 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,415
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - durch eine Strömung, durch Wind vom ursprünglichen Kurs abkommen
Corpus desk
Index DE-abdriften · abdriften · German
abdriften · rank #99,415 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,415
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Abblendlicht
Nearest frequency peer: Abblendlicht (-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 „abdriften“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Aalborg
Aalborg
588 corpus weight
- Abblendlicht
Abblendlicht
587 corpus weight
- abdriften
abdriften
586 corpus weight
- Abenteuerla…
Abenteuerland
585 corpus weight
- Abessinien
Abessinien
584 corpus weight
- abgeschoben…
abgeschobenen
582 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „abdriften“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abdriften |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈapˌdʁɪftn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #99,415 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „abdriften“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
abdriften is uncommon German at frequency #99,415 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈapˌdʁɪftn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
abdriften has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. 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 its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is abdriften, spelled A-B-D-R-I-F-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1durch eine Strömung, durch Wind vom ursprünglichen Kurs abkommen
- 2vom ursprünglichen, richtigen Weg abkommen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how abdriften appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Segelschiff driftete vollkommen ab.
Das Beiboot driftete ab, wobei es die Leine hinter sich herzog.
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.
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