Abluft

[ˈapˌlʊft]

/[ˈapˌlʊft]/ noun

The verdict

“Abluft” is uncommon German (frequency #86,127 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,127
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Luft, die aus einem Raum oder Gebäude abgesaugt wird

Corpus desk

Index DE-abluft · Abluft · German

Abluft · rank #86,127 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,127
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Abgrunds

Nearest frequency peer: Abgrunds (-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 „Abluft“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Abluft
PropertyValue
HeadwordAbluft
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈapˌlʊft]
Letters6
Frequency rank#86,127
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Abluft“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Abluftfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Abgrunds“ (#86,126), „abra“ (#86,128), „abgestimmtes“ (#86,125). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Abluft“ bei #86,127. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Abluft is uncommon German at frequency #86,127 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈapˌlʊft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Luft, die aus einem Raum oder Gebäude abgesaugt wird".

Abluft doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Abluft, spelled A-B-L-U-F-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Luft, die aus einem Raum oder Gebäude abgesaugt wird

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Eine Lüftungsanlage saugt Raumluft als Abluft durch ein Abluftgitter aus dem Raum an und führt diese als Fortluft in das Freie.
  2. „Abluft aus Räumen mit Lasten (Stoff-, Feuchte-, Wärmelasten) darf als Umluft nur dann genutzt werden, wenn Gesundheitsgefahren und Belästigungen ausgeschlossen werden können. Abluft aus Sanitärräumen, Raucherräumen und Küchen darf nicht als Zuluft genutzt werden.“

Antonyms

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 "Abluft"?
"Abluft" is spelled A-B-L-U-F-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈapˌlʊft].
What does "Abluft" mean?
As a noun, "Abluft" means: Luft, die aus einem Raum oder Gebäude abgesaugt wird
How do you pronounce "Abluft"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Abluft" is [ˈapˌlʊft]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Abluft" come from?
"Abluft" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list