Abluft
[ˈapˌlʊft]
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
- abgekupfert
abgekupfert
13,878 corpus weight
- abgestimmtes
abgestimmtes
13,876 corpus weight
- Abgrunds
Abgrunds
13,875 corpus weight
- Abluft
Abluft
13,874 corpus weight
- abra
abra
13,873 corpus weight
- abrollen
abrollen
13,872 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Abluft“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Abluft |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈapˌlʊft] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #86,127 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Abluft“ im Deutschen
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
- 1Luft, die aus einem Raum oder Gebäude abgesaugt wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Abluft appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Eine Lüftungsanlage saugt Raumluft als Abluft durch ein Abluftgitter aus dem Raum an und führt diese als Fortluft in das Freie.
„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.
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