Abendempfang
[ˈaːbn̩tʔɛmˌp͡faŋ]
The verdict
“Abendempfang” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein (festlicher, feierlicher) Empfang am Abend
Corpus desk
Index DE-abendempfang · Abendempfang · German
Abendempfang · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Abendempfang |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaːbn̩tʔɛmˌp͡faŋ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Abendempfang“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Abendempfang is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈaːbn̩tʔɛmˌp͡faŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein (festlicher, feierlicher) Empfang am Abend".
Abendempfang has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 Abendempfang, spelled A-B-E-N-D-E-M-P-F-A-N-G.
Definition
- 1ein (festlicher, feierlicher) Empfang am Abend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Abendempfang appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich gehe nicht zum Abendempfang.
„Im Führerbau zu München gibt Führer und Reichskanzler Adolf Hitler einen Abendempfang für die großdeutsche Presse.“
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.