abknicken
[ˈapˌknɪkn̩]
The verdict
“abknicken” 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) - nach unten knicken und abbrechen
Corpus desk
Index DE-abknicken · abknicken · German
abknicken · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | abknicken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈapˌknɪkn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „abknicken“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
abknicken is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈapˌknɪkn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nach unten knicken und abbrechen".
abknicken doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is abknicken, spelled A-B-K-N-I-C-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1nach unten knicken und abbrechen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how abknicken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Clough sah erst jetzt, dass Greshams rechtes Bein völlig verdreht und abgeknickt war, als hätte man das Bein einer hölzernen Puppe zerbrochen.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.