ABGB

[aːbeːɡeːˈbeː]

/[aːbeːɡeːˈbeː]/ abbrev

The verdict

“ABGB” is uncommon German (frequency #51,076 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,076
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Allgemeines Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch (die Zivilrechtskodifikation der Republik Österreich, in Kraft gesetzt 1812)

Corpus desk

Index DE-abgb · ABGB · German

ABGB · rank #51,076 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,076
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH abgegolten

Nearest frequency peer: abgegolten (+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 „ABGB“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ABGB
PropertyValue
HeadwordABGB
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAbbreviation
IPA[aːbeːɡeːˈbeː]
Letters4
Frequency rank#51,076
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „ABGB“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).ABGBfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „abgegolten“ (#51,077), „Aberkennung“ (#51,074), „Abenddämmerung“ (#51,073). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „ABGB“ bei #51,076. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ABGB is uncommon German at frequency #51,076 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anabbreviation, transcribed [aːbeːɡeːˈbeː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Allgemeines Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch (die Zivilrechtskodifikation der Republik Österreich, in Kraft gesetzt 1812)".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ABGB, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, 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 ABGB, spelled A-B-G-B.

Definition

  1. 1
    Allgemeines Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch (die Zivilrechtskodifikation der Republik Österreich, in Kraft gesetzt 1812)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Dem Schuldschein des deutschen und schweizerischen Rechts entspricht in Österreich der in § 1428 ABGB geregelte Schuldschein; die in §§ 985 und 990 ABGB bezeichneten öffentlichen Schuldscheine sind dagegen Wertpapiere.“
  2. „Das ABGB unterschied zwischen Scheidung von Tisch und Bett (§§ 103ff.) und der Ehetrennung (§§ 115ff.).“

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 "ABGB"?
"ABGB" is spelled A-B-G-B. The IPA pronunciation is [aːbeːɡeːˈbeː].
What does "ABGB" mean?
As an abbreviation, "ABGB" means: Allgemeines Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch (die Zivilrechtskodifikation der Republik Österreich, in Kraft gesetzt 1812)
How do you pronounce "ABGB"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ABGB" is [aːbeːɡeːˈbeː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ABGB" come from?
"ABGB" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list