Abklatsch

/[ˈapˌklatʃ]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#51,081

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Abklatsch is aGermannoun. It means: Abdruck, der nicht durch die Druckpresse gegangen ist, sondern nur durch Klatschen und Klopfen mit der Bürste erstellt worden ist Pronounced [ˈapˌklatʃ].

Key facts for Abklatsch
PropertyValue
HeadwordAbklatsch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈapˌklatʃ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#51,081
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Abklatsch is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈapˌklatʃ]. Corpus data places it at rank #51,081 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.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for Abklatsch in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 Abklatsch, spelled A-B-K-L-A-T-S-C-H, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Abdruck, der nicht durch die Druckpresse gegangen ist, sondern nur durch Klatschen und Klopfen mit der Bürste erstellt worden ist
  2. 2
    minderwertige Nachahmung eines Gegenstandes oder eines Konzeptes, das eine große Ähnlichkeit zum Original aufweist

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #51,081 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Abklatsch"?
"Abklatsch" is spelled A-B-K-L-A-T-S-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈapˌklatʃ].
What does "Abklatsch" mean?
As a noun, "Abklatsch" means: Abdruck, der nicht durch die Druckpresse gegangen ist, sondern nur durch Klatschen und Klopfen mit der Bürste erstellt worden ist
How do you pronounce "Abklatsch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Abklatsch" is [ˈapˌklatʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Abklatsch" come from?
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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.