abpressen
[ˈapˌpʁɛsn̩]
The verdict
“abpressen” 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) - etwas mit Macht oder Gewalt bekommen
Corpus desk
Index DE-abpressen · abpressen · German
abpressen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | abpressen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈapˌpʁɛsn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „abpressen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
abpressen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈapˌpʁɛsn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for abpressen in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. 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 entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 abpressen, spelled A-B-P-R-E-S-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas mit Macht oder Gewalt bekommen
- 2eine Öffnung, einen Durchgang eng machen und dadurch den Durchfluss oder Durchgang von etwas behindern
- 3nach dem Heften und Beschneiden dann zusammenfügen, pressen
- 4Unter Druck absondern
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how abpressen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Es ist schwierig, hier einen Applaus abzupressen.
Man muss die Ader genau hier abpressen.
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.