abfällige

[ˈapˌfɛlɪɡə]

/[ˈapˌfɛlɪɡə]/ adj

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The verdict

“abfällige” is uncommon German (frequency #87,348 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,348
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs abfällig

Corpus desk

Index DE-abfallige · abfällige · German

abfällige · rank #87,348 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,348
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH abfotografiert

Nearest frequency peer: abfotografiert (-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 „abfällige“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „abfällige“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for abfällige
PropertyValue
Headwordabfällige
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈapˌfɛlɪɡə]
Letters9
Frequency rank#87,348
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „abfällige“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).abfälligefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „abfotografiert“ (#87,347), „abgebrannte“ (#87,349), „abgehobene“ (#87,350). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „abfällige“ bei #87,348. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

abfällige is uncommon German at frequency #87,348 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈapˌfɛlɪɡə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for abfällige, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 abfällige, spelled A-B-F-Ä-L-L-I-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs abfällig
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs abfällig
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs abfällig
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs abfällig
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs abfällig
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs abfällig
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs abfällig
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs abfällig
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs abfällig

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "abfällige"?
"abfällige" is spelled A-B-F-Ä-L-L-I-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈapˌfɛlɪɡə].
What does "abfällige" mean?
As an adjective, "abfällige" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs abfällig
How do you pronounce "abfällige"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abfällige" is [ˈapˌfɛlɪɡə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "abfällige", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list