Ablassbrief
German, noun/ˈaplasˌbʁiːf/
Ablassbrief is spelled A-B-L-A-S-S-B-R-I-E-F (11 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written German, the 208,435th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ablassbrief is a German masculine noun meaning “letter of indulgence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Urkunde über den Kauf eines Erlasses von Sündenstrafen, Bescheinigung für den Kauf, die Erteilung eines…”.
What does Ablassbrief mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineletter of indulgence
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Urkunde über den Kauf eines Erlasses von Sündenstrafen, Bescheinigung für den Kauf, die Erteilung eines Ablasses
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Ablassbrief
- Ablassbriefes genitive
- Ablassbriefs genitive
- Ablassbriefe plural
- Ablassbriefen dative definite plural
- Ablaßbrief obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ablassbrief?
- /ˈaplasˌbʁiːf/
- [ˈaplasˌbʁiːf]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Ablassbrief in German?
Ablassbrief appears about once in every 14 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).