abgebe

[ˈapˌɡeːbə]

/[ˈapˌɡeːbə]/ verb

The verdict

“abgebe” is uncommon German (frequency #71,054 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,054
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs abgeben

Corpus desk

Index DE-abgebe · abgebe · German

abgebe · rank #71,054 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,054
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Abflüsse

Nearest frequency peer: Abflüsse (-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 „abgebe“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for abgebe
PropertyValue
Headwordabgebe
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈapˌɡeːbə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#71,054
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „abgebe“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Abflüsse“ (#71,053), „abgewandert“ (#71,055), „Abfindungen“ (#71,052). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „abgebe“ bei #71,054. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

abgebe is uncommon German at frequency #71,054 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈapˌɡeːbə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for abgebe, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is abgebe, spelled A-B-G-E-B-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs abgeben
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs abgeben
  3. 3
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs abgeben

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 "abgebe"?
"abgebe" is spelled A-B-G-E-B-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈapˌɡeːbə].
What does "abgebe" mean?
As a verb, "abgebe" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs abgeben
How do you pronounce "abgebe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abgebe" is [ˈapˌɡeːbə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abgebe" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list