ablästern
[ˈapˌlɛstɐn]
The verdict
“ablästern” 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) - über jemanden hinter seinem Rücken abfällig sprechen, etwas in boshafter Weise schlechtreden
Corpus desk
Index DE-ablastern · ablästern · German
ablästern · 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 | ablästern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈapˌlɛstɐn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „ablästern“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
ablästern is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈapˌlɛstɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "über jemanden hinter seinem Rücken abfällig sprechen, etwas in boshafter Weise schlechtreden".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ablästern, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is ablästern, spelled A-B-L-Ä-S-T-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1über jemanden hinter seinem Rücken abfällig sprechen, etwas in boshafter Weise schlechtreden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ablästern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Heute ist der Chef außer Haus, da können wir mal so richtig ablästern.
„Meine Freunde in der Schule finden mich komisch, weil ich nicht mit ihnen in irgendwelchen Ecken stehe und über andere ablästere. Dabei sagt Gott, Du sollst nicht falsch Zeugnis reden wider deinen Nächsten.“
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.