Abendlicht
[ˈaːbn̩tˌlɪçt]
The verdict
“Abendlicht” is uncommon German (frequency #88,601 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,601
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Licht der Abenddämmerung
Corpus desk
Index DE-abendlicht · Abendlicht · German
Abendlicht · rank #88,601 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,601
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Abbuchung
Nearest frequency peer: Abbuchung (-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 „Abendlicht“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Abbuchung
Abbuchung
11,401 corpus weight
- Abendlicht
Abendlicht
11,400 corpus weight
- Abfangjäger
Abfangjäger
11,399 corpus weight
- abgeschöpft
abgeschöpft
11,398 corpus weight
- abgeschütte…
abgeschüttelt
11,397 corpus weight
- abgestuften
abgestuften
11,396 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Abendlicht“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Abendlicht |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaːbn̩tˌlɪçt] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #88,601 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Abendlicht“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Abendlicht is uncommon German at frequency #88,601 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈaːbn̩tˌlɪçt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Abendlicht in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Abendlicht, spelled A-B-E-N-D-L-I-C-H-T.
Definition
- 1Licht der Abenddämmerung
- 2abends aufgehende Venus
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Abendlicht appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Im Abendlicht gestern hatte er das gar nicht so recht begriffen.“
„Da späte Abendlicht stürzte herein.“
Synonyms
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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