Abendtafel
[ˈaːbn̩tˌtaːfl̩]
The verdict
“Abendtafel” 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 May 6, 2026) - festlich gedeckter Tisch zum abendlichen Essen oder diese Abendmahlzeit selbst
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Abendtafel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaːbn̩tˌtaːfl̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Abendtafel” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Abendtafel is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈaːbn̩tˌtaːfl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "festlich gedeckter Tisch zum abendlichen Essen oder diese Abendmahlzeit selbst".
Zero misspellings are on record for Abendtafel in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Abendtafel, spelled A-B-E-N-D-T-A-F-E-L.
Definition
- 1festlich gedeckter Tisch zum abendlichen Essen oder diese Abendmahlzeit selbst
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.
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Using “Abendtafel”
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- The one correct German spelling is A-B-E-N-D-T-A-F-E-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.