abfedern

[ˈapˌfeːdɐn]

/[ˈapˌfeːdɐn]/ verb

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The verdict

“abfedern” is uncommon German (frequency #93,894 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,894
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Maßnahmen gegen zu große Erschütterungen, Nachteile, Umbrüche treffen

Corpus desk

Index DE-abfedern · abfedern · German

abfedern · rank #93,894 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,894
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH abgebunden

Nearest frequency peer: abgebunden (+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 „abfedern“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for abfedern
PropertyValue
Headwordabfedern
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈapˌfeːdɐn]
Letters8
Frequency rank#93,894
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „abfedern“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.abfedernfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „abgebunden“ (#93,895), „abgelehnter“ (#93,896), „Abgeltungsteuer“ (#93,897). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „abfedern“ bei #93,894. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

abfedern is uncommon German at frequency #93,894 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈapˌfeːdɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for abfedern in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is abfedern, spelled A-B-F-E-D-E-R-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Maßnahmen gegen zu große Erschütterungen, Nachteile, Umbrüche treffen
  2. 2
    technische Vorrichtungen einbauen zwecks Verringerung von Stößen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how abfedern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Man sollte die Auswirkungen der neuen Steuern abfedern.
  2. „Ganztagsschulen, in denen Kinder vielfältige Lernerfahrungen sammeln, Phasen der An- und Entspannung erleben, mit ihren Mitschüler sozial interagieren können, seien eine geeignete Form, die Folgen der demografischen Entwicklung abzufedern.“

Synonyms

dämpfen

This word in other languages

cushion(English)amortiguar(Español)amortir(Français)

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 "abfedern"?
"abfedern" is spelled A-B-F-E-D-E-R-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈapˌfeːdɐn].
What does "abfedern" mean?
As a verb, "abfedern" means: Maßnahmen gegen zu große Erschütterungen, Nachteile, Umbrüche treffen
How do you pronounce "abfedern"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abfedern" is [ˈapˌfeːdɐn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abfedern" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

abringen#93,905zwinkern#93,883abzweigt#93,912Zerrbild#93,869

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list