abgedroschen
[ˈapɡəˌdʁɔʃn̩]
The verdict
“abgedroschen” is an uncommon German word, ranked #82,438 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #82,438
- frequency rank, German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Partizip Perfekt des Verbs abdreschen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abgedroschen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈapɡəˌdʁɔʃn̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #82,438 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “abgedroschen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for abgedroschen is 12 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈapɡəˌdʁɔʃn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #82,438 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Partizip Perfekt des Verbs abdreschen".
No misspelling variants are generated for abgedroschen in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is abgedroschen, spelled A-B-G-E-D-R-O-S-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1Partizip Perfekt des Verbs abdreschen
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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Using “abgedroschen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-B-G-E-D-R-O-S-C-H-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈapɡəˌdʁɔʃn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.