abhandenkommen
[apˈhandn̩ˌkɔmən]
The verdict
“abhandenkommen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - verloren gehen, nicht mehr auffindbar sein
Corpus desk
Index DE-abhandenkommen · abhandenkommen · German
abhandenkommen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | abhandenkommen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [apˈhandn̩ˌkɔmən] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „abhandenkommen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
abhandenkommen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [apˈhandn̩ˌkɔmən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "verloren gehen, nicht mehr auffindbar sein".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for abhandenkommen, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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. The correct German form is abhandenkommen, spelled A-B-H-A-N-D-E-N-K-O-M-M-E-N.
Definition
- 1verloren gehen, nicht mehr auffindbar sein
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how abhandenkommen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Im Urlaub ist mir mein Reisepass abhandengekommen, was jede Menge Probleme mit sich brachte.
Beim Klassenausflug müssen die Lehrer aufpassen, dass kein Kind abhandenkommt.
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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.