abhauen

/[ˈapˌhaʊ̯ən]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#25,868

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

abhauen is aGermanverb. It means: etwas abschlagen, abtrennen (starke und schwache Konjugation: hieb/haute ab und abgehauen/abgehaut) Pronounced [ˈapˌhaʊ̯ən]. Often confused with abholen and absagen.

Key facts for abhauen
PropertyValue
Headwordabhauen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈapˌhaʊ̯ən]
Letters7
Frequency rank#25,868
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for abhauen is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈapˌhaʊ̯ən]. Corpus data places it at rank #25,868 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for abhauen, with forms such as "abahuen", "abbhauen", and "abhaeun". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "abholen", "absagen", "abheben", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 abhauen, spelled A-B-H-A-U-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas abschlagen, abtrennen (starke und schwache Konjugation: hieb/haute ab und abgehauen/abgehaut)
  2. 2
    sich entfernen, davonmachen (Präteritum nur schwache Konjugation: haute; Partizip II abgehaut oder abgehauen)

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: abahuen,abbhauen,abhaeun,abhauenn,abhaune,abhhauen,abhuaen,ahbauen,bahauen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for abhauen

Misspelling Variants of "abhauen"

abahuen7abbhauen8abhaeun7abhauenn8abhaune7abhhauen8abhuaen7ahbauen7
Misspelling Variants of "abhauen"

Frequency rank: #25,868 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "abhauen"?
"abhauen" is spelled A-B-H-A-U-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈapˌhaʊ̯ən].
What does "abhauen" mean?
As a verb, "abhauen" means: etwas abschlagen, abtrennen (starke und schwache Konjugation: hieb/haute ab und abgehauen/abgehaut)
What words are commonly confused with "abhauen"?
"abhauen" is commonly confused with "abholen", "absagen", "abheben". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "abhauen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abhauen" is [ˈapˌhaʊ̯ən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abhauen" come from?
"abhauen" 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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.