abklingen

[ˈapˌklɪŋən]

/[ˈapˌklɪŋən]/ verb

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The verdict

“abklingen” is uncommon German (frequency #55,913 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,913
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - leiser werden

Corpus desk

Index DE-abklingen · abklingen · German

abklingen · rank #55,913 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,913
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH abgerissenen

Nearest frequency peer: abgerissenen (-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 „abklingen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for abklingen
PropertyValue
Headwordabklingen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈapˌklɪŋən]
Letters9
Frequency rank#55,913
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „abklingen“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).abklingenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „abgerissenen“ (#55,912), „Absatzmarkt“ (#55,914), „abspülen“ (#55,915). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „abklingen“ bei #55,913. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

abklingen is uncommon German at frequency #55,913 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈapˌklɪŋən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

abklingen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

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 abklingen, spelled A-B-K-L-I-N-G-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    leiser werden
  2. 2
    weniger werden
  3. 3
    in der Intensität schwächer werden

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Der Lärm klingt ab.
  2. Das Fieber klingt ab.

Synonyms

nachlassenschwinden

This word in other languages

fade away(English)diminuer(Français)

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Aprikosen#55,942zeitlosen#55,880Attendorn#55,947aufbringt#55,949

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list