Abgott
[ˈapˌɡɔt]
The verdict
“Abgott” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein falscher Gott, ein Götze
Corpus desk
Index DE-abgott · Abgott · German
Abgott · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Abgott |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈapˌɡɔt] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Abgott“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Abgott is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈapˌɡɔt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein falscher Gott, ein Götze".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Abgott, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Abgott, spelled A-B-G-O-T-T.
Definition
- 1ein falscher Gott, ein Götze
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Abgott appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ihre Kandidatur nennen sie »Liste Jörg Haider«, sie huldigen der Witwe Claudia Haider als »Landesmutter«, verklären ihren Parteigründer zu einem Abgott, der unersetzlich sei.
Leon Fleisher ist eine lebende Legende. […] Er war ihr Abgott, und sie hielten ihn fast für Mozart, Beethoven oder Schubert selbst.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.