Abenddämmerung

[ˈaːbn̩tˌdɛməʁʊŋ]

/[ˈaːbn̩tˌdɛməʁʊŋ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Abenddämmerung” is uncommon German (frequency #51,073 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,073
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dämmerung bei Sonnenuntergang

Corpus desk

Index DE-abenddammerung · Abenddämmerung · German

Abenddämmerung · rank #51,073 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,073
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Abdichtung

Nearest frequency peer: Abdichtung (-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 „Abenddämmerung“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Abenddämmerung
PropertyValue
HeadwordAbenddämmerung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈaːbn̩tˌdɛməʁʊŋ]
Letters14
Frequency rank#51,073
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Abenddämmerung“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Abenddämmerungfällt 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: „Abdichtung“ (#51,072), „Aberkennung“ (#51,074), „Abberufung“ (#51,071). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Abenddämmerung“ bei #51,073. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Abenddämmerung is uncommon German at frequency #51,073 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈaːbn̩tˌdɛməʁʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dämmerung bei Sonnenuntergang".

Abenddämmerung doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Abenddämmerung, spelled A-B-E-N-D-D-Ä-M-M-E-R-U-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dämmerung bei Sonnenuntergang

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Es zog bereits die Abenddämmerung herauf.
  2. „Damals war Abenddämmerung gewesen und die Nacht, aus dem Osten kommend, jagte den Zug und überholte ihn, überschritt die Rocky Mountains und eilte bis an den Pazifik.“

Synonyms

AbenddämmerAbenddämmern

Antonyms

Morgendämmerung

This word in other languages

twilight(English)crepúsculo(Español)crépuscule(Français)crepúsculo(Português)

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 "Abenddämmerung"?
"Abenddämmerung" is spelled A-B-E-N-D-D-Ä-M-M-E-R-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaːbn̩tˌdɛməʁʊŋ].
What does "Abenddämmerung" mean?
As a noun, "Abenddämmerung" means: Dämmerung bei Sonnenuntergang
How do you pronounce "Abenddämmerung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Abenddämmerung" is [ˈaːbn̩tˌdɛməʁʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Abenddämmerung" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

übergangsweise#51,065aktualisierten#51,091Angststörungen#51,099Anwendungsfall#51,105

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list