abendlich
[ˈaːbn̩tlɪç]
The verdict
“abendlich” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zum Abend gehörend; am Abend, abends stattfindend
Corpus desk
Index DE-abendlich · abendlich · German
abendlich · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | abendlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈaːbn̩tlɪç] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „abendlich“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
abendlich is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈaːbn̩tlɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "zum Abend gehörend; am Abend, abends stattfindend".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for abendlich, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 abendlich, spelled A-B-E-N-D-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1zum Abend gehörend; am Abend, abends stattfindend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how abendlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er hält nichts vom abendlichen Unterhaltungsprogramm.
„Den Abschluss bildete der abendliche Ball mit Feuerwerk und hurrapatriotischen Reden im Übermaß.“
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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.