abfertigen
[ˈapˌfɛʁtɪɡn̩]
The verdict
“abfertigen” is uncommon German (frequency #98,036 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,036
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - unfreundlich behandeln, ohne auf die Bedürfnisse des Gegenübers einzugehen
Corpus desk
Index DE-abfertigen · abfertigen · German
abfertigen · rank #98,036 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,036
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH abed
Nearest frequency peer: abed (-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 „abfertigen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- überwältigte
überwältigte
1,970 corpus weight
- abed
abed
1,966 corpus weight
- abfertigen
abfertigen
1,965 corpus weight
- abgepfiffen
abgepfiffen
1,962 corpus weight
- abgibst
abgibst
1,960 corpus weight
- abhandeln
abhandeln
1,959 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „abfertigen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abfertigen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈapˌfɛʁtɪɡn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #98,036 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „abfertigen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
abfertigen is uncommon German at frequency #98,036 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈapˌfɛʁtɪɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for abfertigen in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is abfertigen, spelled A-B-F-E-R-T-I-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1unfreundlich behandeln, ohne auf die Bedürfnisse des Gegenübers einzugehen
- 2bedienen (Schalter), kontrollieren (Zoll), ein Linienflugzeug bereit für den Flug machen
- 3mit Abstand besser sein und deutlich gewinnen
- 4durch eine einmalige Geldleistung oder Sachleistung entschädigen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how abfertigen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
So einfach lass ich mich hier nicht abfertigen!
Man hat den Flug im Allgäu Airport abgefertigt und ist gestartet.
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); 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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