abmildern

[ˈapˌmɪldɐn]

/[ˈapˌmɪldɐn]/ verb

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The verdict

“abmildern” is uncommon German (frequency #96,609 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,609
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die (negativen) Auswirkungen von etwas verringern, abschwächen

Corpus desk

Index DE-abmildern · abmildern · German

abmildern · rank #96,609 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #96,609
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH abmessen

Nearest frequency peer: abmessen (-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 „abmildern“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for abmildern
PropertyValue
Headwordabmildern
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈapˌmɪldɐn]
Letters9
Frequency rank#96,609
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „abmildern“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.abmildernfällt 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: „abmessen“ (#96,608), „absagt“ (#96,610), „Ableistung“ (#96,607). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „abmildern“ bei #96,609. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

abmildern is uncommon German at frequency #96,609 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈapˌmɪldɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die (negativen) Auswirkungen von etwas verringern, abschwächen".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for abmildern, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is abmildern, spelled A-B-M-I-L-D-E-R-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    die (negativen) Auswirkungen von etwas verringern, abschwächen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Mit Hilfe der akustischen Raumgestaltung lassen sich störende Geräusche abmildern.“
  2. „Die Medikamente würden den Schock natürlich etwas abmildern […].“

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 "abmildern"?
"abmildern" is spelled A-B-M-I-L-D-E-R-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈapˌmɪldɐn].
What does "abmildern" mean?
As a verb, "abmildern" means: die (negativen) Auswirkungen von etwas verringern, abschwächen
How do you pronounce "abmildern"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abmildern" is [ˈapˌmɪldɐn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abmildern" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

abwesende#96,611abzuladen#96,612adaptiven#96,615Aktenlage#96,622

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list