Abkömmling
[ˈapˌkœmlɪŋ]
The verdict
“Abkömmling” is uncommon German (frequency #63,993 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,993
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Person, die leiblich von jemandem abstammt, Nachkomme, Nachfahre
Corpus desk
Index DE-abkommling · Abkömmling · German
Abkömmling · rank #63,993 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,993
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Abgrenzungen
Nearest frequency peer: Abgrenzungen (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Abkömmling”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- überzeichnet
überzeichnet
36,012 corpus weight
- Abgrenzungen
Abgrenzungen
36,009 corpus weight
- Abkömmling
Abkömmling
36,008 corpus weight
- ablecken
ablecken
36,007 corpus weight
- abrieb
abrieb
36,006 corpus weight
- abspeichern
abspeichern
36,004 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Abkömmling” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Abkömmling |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈapˌkœmlɪŋ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #63,993 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Abkömmling” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Abkömmling is uncommon German at frequency #63,993 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈapˌkœmlɪŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Abkömmling, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Abkömmling, spelled A-B-K-Ö-M-M-L-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Person, die leiblich von jemandem abstammt, Nachkomme, Nachfahre
- 2Verbindung, die aus einer anderen Verbindung abgeleitet ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Abkömmling appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er ist ein direkter Abkömmling der Familie Grimaldi.
„Seit der Hund, ein Abkömmling asiatischer Wölfe, vor 15 000 bis 100 000 Jahren zum Haustier des Menschen wurde, haben Züchter mehrere hundert Rassen entwickelt.“
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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Abkömmling", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.