abmachen

[ˈapˌmaxn̩]

/[ˈapˌmaxn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“abmachen” is uncommon German (frequency #59,398 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,398
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas loslösen und entfernen

Corpus desk

Index DE-abmachen · abmachen · German

abmachen · rank #59,398 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,398
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ablass

Nearest frequency peer: Ablass (-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 „abmachen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for abmachen
PropertyValue
Headwordabmachen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈapˌmaxn̩]
Letters8
Frequency rank#59,398
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „abmachen“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).abmachenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Ablass“ (#59,397), „abnehmenden“ (#59,399), „abhängiger“ (#59,396). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „abmachen“ bei #59,398. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

abmachen is uncommon German at frequency #59,398 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈapˌmaxn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for abmachen, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 abmachen, spelled A-B-M-A-C-H-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas loslösen und entfernen
  2. 2
    etwas vereinbaren

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Mach mal die Wäscheleine ab, die können wir nachher gut gebrauchen.
  2. Das war aber ganz anders abgemacht!

This word in other languages

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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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "abmachen"?
"abmachen" is spelled A-B-M-A-C-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈapˌmaxn̩].
What does "abmachen" mean?
As a verb, "abmachen" means: etwas loslösen und entfernen
How do you pronounce "abmachen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abmachen" is [ˈapˌmaxn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abmachen" come from?
"abmachen" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

abgrenzt#59,395Abseilen#59,402Anbauten#59,419anonymes#59,428

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list