Abendschau
[ˈaːbn̩tˌʃaʊ̯]
The verdict
“Abendschau” is uncommon German (frequency #92,527 among 113,935 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,527
- frequency rank, German
- 113,935
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sendung, die abends ausgestrahlt wird und in der aktuelle Ereignisse sowie Neuigkeiten vermittelt werden
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Abendschau |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaːbn̩tˌʃaʊ̯] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #92,527 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Abendschau” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Abendschau is uncommon German at frequency #92,527 among 113,935 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈaːbn̩tˌʃaʊ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sendung, die abends ausgestrahlt wird und in der aktuelle Ereignisse sowie Neuigkeiten vermittelt werden".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Abendschau, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Abendschau, spelled A-B-E-N-D-S-C-H-A-U.
Definition
- 1Sendung, die abends ausgestrahlt wird und in der aktuelle Ereignisse sowie Neuigkeiten vermittelt werden
Synonyms
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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Using “Abendschau”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-B-E-N-D-S-C-H-A-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈaːbn̩tˌʃaʊ̯] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.