Abgänger
[ˈapˌɡɛŋɐ]
The verdict
“Abgänger” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemand, der eine Bildungseinrichtung verlässt
Corpus desk
Index DE-abganger · Abgänger · German
Abgänger · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | Abgänger |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈapˌɡɛŋɐ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Abgänger“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Abgänger is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈapˌɡɛŋɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemand, der eine Bildungseinrichtung verlässt".
Abgänger doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 Abgänger, spelled A-B-G-Ä-N-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1jemand, der eine Bildungseinrichtung verlässt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Abgänger appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Bundesweit brachen 8,6 Prozent der männlichen Abgänger die Schule ab.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.