abkürzen
[ˈapˌkʏʁt͡sn̩]
The verdict
“abkürzen” is an uncommon German word, ranked #58,512 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #58,512
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - einen kürzeren Weg nehmen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abkürzen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈapˌkʏʁt͡sn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #58,512 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “abkürzen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for abkürzen is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈapˌkʏʁt͡sn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #58,512 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1einen kürzeren Weg nehmen
- 2einen Vorgang vorzeitig beenden; die Dauer einschränken
- 3ein Wort oder einen Text in kürzerer Form wiedergeben
Antonyms
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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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Using “abkürzen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-B-K-Ü-R-Z-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈapˌkʏʁt͡sn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.