abkürzen

[ˈapˌkʏʁt͡sn̩]

/[ˈapˌkʏʁt͡sn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“abkürzen” is uncommon German (frequency #58,512 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,512
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einen kürzeren Weg nehmen

Corpus desk

Index DE-abkurzen · abkürzen · German

abkürzen · rank #58,512 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,512
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH abgesetzte

Nearest frequency peer: abgesetzte (-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 „abkürzen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for abkürzen
PropertyValue
Headwordabkürzen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈapˌkʏʁt͡sn̩]
Letters8
Frequency rank#58,512
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „abkürzen“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).abkürzenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „abgesetzte“ (#58,511), „ablehnenden“ (#58,513), „abgesaugt“ (#58,510). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „abkürzen“ bei #58,512. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

abkürzen is uncommon German at frequency #58,512 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈapˌkʏʁt͡sn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

abkürzen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is abkürzen, spelled A-B-K-Ü-R-Z-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    einen kürzeren Weg nehmen
  2. 2
    einen Vorgang vorzeitig beenden; die Dauer einschränken
  3. 3
    ein Wort oder einen Text in kürzerer Form wiedergeben

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Gerüchte in Japan besagen, daß die koreanischen Piloten ihre Flüge abkürzen und falsche Positionsmeldungen durchgäben, um die Bodenkontrolle in Sapporo zu täuschen.
  2. Natürlich lassen sich auch Routen abkürzen oder verschiedene Wegstrecken miteinander verbinden: Das ermöglicht der Fahrradtransport, den die nationale Eisenbahngesellschaft sowie die Mosel-Ausflugsschiffe anbieten.

Synonyms

abbrechenbeendeneinschränkenabbreviieren

Antonyms

umgehenverbummelnetwas in die Länge ziehenverlängernausschreiben

This word in other languages

shorten(English)atajar(Español)raccourcir(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 "abkürzen"?
"abkürzen" is spelled A-B-K-Ü-R-Z-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈapˌkʏʁt͡sn̩].
What does "abkürzen" mean?
As a verb, "abkürzen" means: einen kürzeren Weg nehmen
How do you pronounce "abkürzen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abkürzen" is [ˈapˌkʏʁt͡sn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abkürzen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "abkürzen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Allmacht#58,525Amtssitz#58,532zwanglos#58,489Zisterne#58,477

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list