abnehme

[ˈapˌneːmə]

/[ˈapˌneːmə]/ verb

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The verdict

“abnehme” is uncommon German (frequency #78,827 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,827
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs abnehmen

Corpus desk

Index DE-abnehme · abnehme · German

abnehme · rank #78,827 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,827
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ablaufs

Nearest frequency peer: Ablaufs (-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 „abnehme“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for abnehme
PropertyValue
Headwordabnehme
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈapˌneːmə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#78,827
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „abnehme“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.abnehmefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Ablaufs“ (#78,826), „Abram“ (#78,828), „abhob“ (#78,825). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „abnehme“ bei #78,827. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

abnehme is uncommon German at frequency #78,827 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈapˌneːmə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for abnehme, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is abnehme, spelled A-B-N-E-H-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs abnehmen
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs abnehmen
  3. 3
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs abnehmen

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 "abnehme"?
"abnehme" is spelled A-B-N-E-H-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈapˌneːmə].
What does "abnehme" mean?
As a verb, "abnehme" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs abnehmen
How do you pronounce "abnehme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abnehme" is [ˈapˌneːmə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abnehme" come from?
"abnehme" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Ablaufs#78,826Abfalls#78,820Zahnfee#78,783whistle#78,758

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list