abklappern

[ˈapˌklapɐn]

/[ˈapˌklapɐn]/ verb

The verdict

“abklappern” is uncommon German (frequency #84,877 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#84,877
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der Reihe nach aufsuchen

Corpus desk

Index DE-abklappern · abklappern · German

abklappern · rank #84,877 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #84,877
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH abgewandelter

Nearest frequency peer: abgewandelter (-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 „abklappern“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for abklappern
PropertyValue
Headwordabklappern
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈapˌklapɐn]
Letters10
Frequency rank#84,877
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „abklappern“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „abgewandelter“ (#84,876), „Abscheidung“ (#84,878), „abgetretenen“ (#84,875). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „abklappern“ bei #84,877. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

abklappern is uncommon German at frequency #84,877 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈapˌklapɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "der Reihe nach aufsuchen".

No generated misspelling entries exist for abklappern in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is abklappern, spelled A-B-K-L-A-P-P-E-R-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    der Reihe nach aufsuchen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Die Band klappert alle Lokale ab, die dem Tanz und dem triumphierenden Jazz geweiht sind.“
  2. [Er fügte erklärend bei:] „»Mirko Czentovic, der Weltschachmeister. Er hat ganz Amerika von Ost nach West mit Turnierspielen abgeklappert und fährt jetzt zu neuen Triumphen nach Argentinien.«“

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 "abklappern"?
"abklappern" is spelled A-B-K-L-A-P-P-E-R-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈapˌklapɐn].
What does "abklappern" mean?
As a verb, "abklappern" means: der Reihe nach aufsuchen
How do you pronounce "abklappern"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abklappern" is [ˈapˌklapɐn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abklappern" come from?
"abklappern" 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 "abklappern", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list