abkneifen
[ˈapˌknaɪ̯fn̩]
The verdict
“abkneifen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas mit den Fingernägeln oder mit einem Werkzeug zusammendrücken und abtrennen
Corpus desk
Index DE-abkneifen · abkneifen · German
abkneifen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abkneifen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈapˌknaɪ̯fn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „abkneifen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
abkneifen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈapˌknaɪ̯fn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas mit den Fingernägeln oder mit einem Werkzeug zusammendrücken und abtrennen".
No generated misspelling entries exist for abkneifen in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 abkneifen, spelled A-B-K-N-E-I-F-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas mit den Fingernägeln oder mit einem Werkzeug zusammendrücken und abtrennen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how abkneifen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er kniff ein Stück Draht ab.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.