Abortus
[aˈbɔʁtʊs]
The verdict
“Abortus” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - vorzeitige Beendigung der Schwangerschaft durch Ausstoßung und/oder Absterben einer unter 500 Gramm wiegenden Frucht
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Index DE-abortus · Abortus · German
Abortus · 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 | Abortus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aˈbɔʁtʊs] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Abortus“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Abortus is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [aˈbɔʁtʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "vorzeitige Beendigung der Schwangerschaft durch Ausstoßung und/oder Absterben einer unter 500 Gramm wiegenden Frucht".
Abortus has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Abortus, spelled A-B-O-R-T-U-S.
Definition
- 1vorzeitige Beendigung der Schwangerschaft durch Ausstoßung und/oder Absterben einer unter 500 Gramm wiegenden Frucht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Abortus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sie hatte in der 14. Schwangerschaftswoche einen Abortus.
Auch bei einer künstlichen Befruchtung kann es zu einem Abortus kommen.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.