Abendstern
[ˈaːbn̩tˌʃtɛʁn]
The verdict
“Abendstern” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bezeichnung für den Planeten Venus am westlichen Abendhimmel
Corpus desk
Index DE-abendstern · Abendstern · German
Abendstern · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | Abendstern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaːbn̩tˌʃtɛʁn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Abendstern“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Abendstern is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈaːbn̩tˌʃtɛʁn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bezeichnung für den Planeten Venus am westlichen Abendhimmel".
Zero misspellings are on record for Abendstern in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Abendstern, spelled A-B-E-N-D-S-T-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1Bezeichnung für den Planeten Venus am westlichen Abendhimmel
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Abendstern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Da hebt der Abendstern gemach / sich aus den Föhrenzweigen, / und grade ob der Hütte Dach / scheint er sich mild zu neigen.“
„Schon war die Sonne hinabgesunken; das Lied der Vögel verstummte; ein leiser Wind trieb die Wellen kräuselnd gegen meine Brust; der Abendstern stand lächelnd über dem jenseitigen Berg; eine wehmütige Lust durchdrang mein Herz bei dem Klange einer Hirtenflöte, die in der Gegend über die Wiesen hinspielte.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.