abholzen
[ˈapˌhɔlt͡sn̩]
The verdict
“abholzen” is uncommon German (frequency #76,460 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,460
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Gebiet, einen Landstrich kahl schlagen
Corpus desk
Index DE-abholzen · abholzen · German
abholzen · rank #76,460 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,460
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH abgeleistet
Nearest frequency peer: abgeleistet (-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 „abholzen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Abgasskandal
Abgasskandal
23,544 corpus weight
- abgefeiert
abgefeiert
23,543 corpus weight
- abgeleistet
abgeleistet
23,542 corpus weight
- abholzen
abholzen
23,541 corpus weight
- abonniere
abonniere
23,540 corpus weight
- Absinth
Absinth
23,538 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „abholzen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abholzen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈapˌhɔlt͡sn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #76,460 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „abholzen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
abholzen is uncommon German at frequency #76,460 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈapˌhɔlt͡sn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for abholzen, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is abholzen, spelled A-B-H-O-L-Z-E-N.
Definition
- 1ein Gebiet, einen Landstrich kahl schlagen
- 2Bäume in einem Wald, Forst oder Hain fällen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how abholzen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Jetzt drängt die »Überbevölkerung« wieder ins Bewusstsein, diesmal als Klimaproblem: Dass Menschen Wälder abholzen und jeden Streifen Grün landwirtschaftlich nutzen, ist ebenso typisch für das Anthropozän wie das industrielle Verheizen von Kohle, Gas und Erdöl.“
„In dieser Zeit wurden nochmals große Waldflächen, aber auch Obstbaumplantagen abgeholzt.“
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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