abgleiten

/[ˈapˌɡlaɪ̯tn̩]/ verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#71,056

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

abgleiten is aGermanverb. It means: den Halt unbeabsichtigt verlieren und nach unten/zur Seite hin rutschen (gleiten) Pronounced [ˈapˌɡlaɪ̯tn̩].

Key facts for abgleiten
PropertyValue
Headwordabgleiten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈapˌɡlaɪ̯tn̩]
Letters9
Frequency rank#71,056
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of abgleiten in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for abgleiten is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈapˌɡlaɪ̯tn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #71,056 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for abgleiten in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is abgleiten, spelled A-B-G-L-E-I-T-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    den Halt unbeabsichtigt verlieren und nach unten/zur Seite hin rutschen (gleiten)
  2. 2
    den eingeschlagenen Weg (unbeabsichtigt) verlassen, in einen unerwünschten Zustand geraten
  3. 3
    nicht bei der Sache bleiben, vom Thema abkommen
  4. 4
    sich auf den moralisch unerwünschten/illegalen Weg machen

Frequency rank: #71,056 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "abgleiten"?
"abgleiten" is spelled A-B-G-L-E-I-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈapˌɡlaɪ̯tn̩].
What does "abgleiten" mean?
As a verb, "abgleiten" means: den Halt unbeabsichtigt verlieren und nach unten/zur Seite hin rutschen (gleiten)
How do you pronounce "abgleiten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abgleiten" is [ˈapˌɡlaɪ̯tn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abgleiten" come from?
"abgleiten" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.