abmahnen
[ˈapˌmaːnən]
The verdict
“abmahnen” is uncommon German (frequency #87,356 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,356
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemanden vor etwas warnen und versuchen, ihn davon abzubringen
Corpus desk
Index DE-abmahnen · abmahnen · German
abmahnen · rank #87,356 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,356
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Abkürzungsver…
Nearest frequency peer: Abkürzungsverzeichnis (-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 „abmahnen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Abgängen
Abgängen
12,648 corpus weight
- abkratzen
abkratzen
12,647 corpus weight
- Abkürzungsv…
Abkürzungsverzeichnis
12,646 corpus weight
- abmahnen
abmahnen
12,645 corpus weight
- absolutisti…
absolutistischen
12,643 corpus weight
- abzeichnende
abzeichnende
12,642 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „abmahnen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abmahnen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈapˌmaːnən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #87,356 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „abmahnen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
abmahnen is uncommon German at frequency #87,356 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈapˌmaːnən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
abmahnen has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is abmahnen, spelled A-B-M-A-H-N-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemanden vor etwas warnen und versuchen, ihn davon abzubringen
- 2jemanden formal auffordern, ein bestimmtes Verhalten künftig zu unterlassen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how abmahnen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Hätte mich damals bloß jemand von der Dummheit abgemahnt!
„Auch ein Arbeitnehmer, der sich sicher ist, dass sein Arbeitgeber die vertraglichen Pflichten aus dem Arbeitsvertrag verletzt und deshalb eine Kündigung des Arbeitsverhältnisses beabsichtigt, sollte diesen zunächst abmahnen, um mögliche negative Folgen in Bezug auf Arbeitslosengeld oder andere staatliche Unterstützungszahlungen zu vermeiden.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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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