abhacken
[ˈapˌhakn̩]
The verdict
“abhacken” is uncommon German (frequency #62,151 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,151
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - durch Zuschlagen mit einem scharfen Gerät/Werkzeug (Hacken) abtrennen
Corpus desk
Index DE-abhacken · abhacken · German
abhacken · rank #62,151 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,151
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Abgasen
Nearest frequency peer: Abgasen (-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 „abhacken“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Aar
Aar
37,852 corpus weight
- Abgasen
Abgasen
37,851 corpus weight
- abhacken
abhacken
37,850 corpus weight
- Abiturprüfu…
Abiturprüfung
37,849 corpus weight
- absenden
absenden
37,848 corpus weight
- abwesenden
abwesenden
37,847 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „abhacken“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abhacken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈapˌhakn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #62,151 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „abhacken“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
abhacken is uncommon German at frequency #62,151 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈapˌhakn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "durch Zuschlagen mit einem scharfen Gerät/Werkzeug (Hacken) abtrennen".
Zero misspellings are on record for abhacken in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 abhacken, spelled A-B-H-A-C-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1durch Zuschlagen mit einem scharfen Gerät/Werkzeug (Hacken) abtrennen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how abhacken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er hat zwei Scheite abgehackt.
„»Nein! Das, was er getan hat, wird nicht mit dem Tod bestraft. Man wird ihn auspeitschen und ihm eine Hand abhacken, das ist alles.« »Eine Hand abhacken?«, rief der Mann entsetzt.“
Synonyms
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); 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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