abhacken

[ˈapˌhakn̩]

/[ˈapˌhakn̩]/ verb

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

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „abhacken“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for abhacken
PropertyValue
Headwordabhacken
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈapˌhakn̩]
Letters8
Frequency rank#62,151
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „abhacken“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).abhackenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Abgasen“ (#62,150), „Abiturprüfung“ (#62,152), „Aar“ (#62,149). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „abhacken“ bei #62,151. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    durch Zuschlagen mit einem scharfen Gerät/Werkzeug (Hacken) abtrennen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how abhacken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Er hat zwei Scheite abgehackt.
  2. „»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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "abhacken"?
"abhacken" is spelled A-B-H-A-C-K-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈapˌhakn̩].
What does "abhacken" mean?
As a verb, "abhacken" means: durch Zuschlagen mit einem scharfen Gerät/Werkzeug (Hacken) abtrennen
How do you pronounce "abhacken"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abhacken" is [ˈapˌhakn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "abhacken", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list