abnötigen
[ˈapˌnøːtɪɡn̩]
The verdict
“abnötigen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - von jemandem eine Leistung oder ein bestimmtes Verhalten erzwingen
Corpus desk
Index DE-abnotigen · abnötigen · German
abnötigen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | abnötigen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈapˌnøːtɪɡn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „abnötigen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
abnötigen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈapˌnøːtɪɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "von jemandem eine Leistung oder ein bestimmtes Verhalten erzwingen".
No misspelling variants are generated for abnötigen in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 abnötigen, spelled A-B-N-Ö-T-I-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1von jemandem eine Leistung oder ein bestimmtes Verhalten erzwingen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how abnötigen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der frühere DFB-Präsident zieht sich endgültig von allen Fußball-Ämtern zurück. Wenn dieser Schritt nicht so spät gekommen wäre, würde er noch mehr Respekt abnötigen.
Ihr Dialog zweier Freundinnen, die sich verabreden wollen, hätte Karl Valentin und Liesl Karlstadt ein anerkennendes Nicken abgenötigt.
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.