abmühen
[ˈapˌmyːən]
The verdict
“abmühen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich sehr stark mühen/bemühen; sehr große Mühe haben/aufwenden; unter sehr großer Mühe arbeiten
Corpus desk
Index DE-abmuhen · abmühen · German
abmühen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abmühen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈapˌmyːən] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „abmühen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
abmühen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈapˌmyːən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sich sehr stark mühen/bemühen; sehr große Mühe haben/aufwenden; unter sehr großer Mühe arbeiten".
abmühen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is abmühen, spelled A-B-M-Ü-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1sich sehr stark mühen/bemühen; sehr große Mühe haben/aufwenden; unter sehr großer Mühe arbeiten
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how abmühen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Großmutter und Großvater mühten sich tagein, tagaus mit ihrer Landwirtschaft ab.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.