abgegeben
[ˈapɡəˌɡeːbn̩]
The verdict
“abgegeben” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #4,405 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #4,405
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Partizip Perfekt des Verbs abgeben
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abgegeben |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈapɡəˌɡeːbn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #4,405 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “abgegeben” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for abgegeben is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈapɡəˌɡeːbn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,405 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Partizip Perfekt des Verbs abgeben".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for abgegeben, with forms such as "abbgegeben", "abeggeben", and "abgeegben". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "abgesehen", "angegeben", "abzugeben", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is abgegeben, spelled A-B-G-E-G-E-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1Partizip Perfekt des Verbs abgeben
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: abbgegeben,abeggeben,abgeegben,abgegbeen,abgegebben,abgegebenn,abgegebne,abgegeebn,abgeggeben,abggeeben,abggegeben,agbegeben,bagegeben
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of abgegeben - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “abgegeben”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-B-G-E-G-E-B-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈapɡəˌɡeːbn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “abgesehen” - see the side-by-side comparison. abgegeben vs abgesehen
- 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.