abfretten
[ˈapˌfʁɛtn̩]
The verdict
“abfretten” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich abmühen
Corpus desk
Index DE-abfretten · abfretten · German
abfretten · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | abfretten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈapˌfʁɛtn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „abfretten“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
abfretten is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈapˌfʁɛtn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sich abmühen".
No misspelling variants are generated for abfretten in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is abfretten, spelled A-B-F-R-E-T-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1sich abmühen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how abfretten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wer sich auf Demokratie einlässt, muss sich abfretten mit Verfahren, die allesamt ihre Tücken haben.
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.