abhing

[ˈapˌhɪŋ]

/[ˈapˌhɪŋ]/ verb

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The verdict

“abhing” is uncommon German (frequency #96,604 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,604
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs abhängen

Corpus desk

Index DE-abhing · abhing · German

abhing · rank #96,604 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #96,604
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH abgestufte

Nearest frequency peer: abgestufte (-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 „abhing“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for abhing
PropertyValue
Headwordabhing
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈapˌhɪŋ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#96,604
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „abhing“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.abhingfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „abgestufte“ (#96,603), „Ablasshandel“ (#96,605), „abgespeist“ (#96,602). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „abhing“ bei #96,604. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

abhing is uncommon German at frequency #96,604 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈapˌhɪŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

abhing has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Our source data has no etymology on file 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 abhing, spelled A-B-H-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs abhängen
  2. 2
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs abhängen

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 "abhing"?
"abhing" is spelled A-B-H-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈapˌhɪŋ].
What does "abhing" mean?
As a verb, "abhing" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs abhängen
How do you pronounce "abhing"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abhing" is [ˈapˌhɪŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abhing" come from?
"abhing" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

absagt#96,610actors#96,614Ölfeld#96,589Zwolle#96,584

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list