abpumpen
[ˈapˌpʊmpn̩]
The verdict
“abpumpen” is uncommon German (frequency #82,444 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,444
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mithilfe einer Pumpe etwas (eine Flüssigkeit) entfernen
Corpus desk
Index DE-abpumpen · abpumpen · German
abpumpen · rank #82,444 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,444
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Abort
Nearest frequency peer: Abort (-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 „abpumpen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- abgespeckte
abgespeckte
17,560 corpus weight
- Abmessung
Abmessung
17,559 corpus weight
- Abort
Abort
17,558 corpus weight
- abpumpen
abpumpen
17,557 corpus weight
- abrupte
abrupte
17,556 corpus weight
- abschätzig
abschätzig
17,555 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „abpumpen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abpumpen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈapˌpʊmpn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #82,444 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „abpumpen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
abpumpen is uncommon German at frequency #82,444 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈapˌpʊmpn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for abpumpen, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 abpumpen, spelled A-B-P-U-M-P-E-N.
Definition
- 1mithilfe einer Pumpe etwas (eine Flüssigkeit) entfernen
- 2sich etwas von jemandem leihen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how abpumpen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Bereits am Freitag waren Ölreste, die nicht abgepumpt werden konnten, aus dem Schiff ausgetreten.“
„Denn auch wenn die Kohlezechen stillgelegt sind, muss das Wasser, das sich in den Gruben sammelt, mit hohem Aufwand abgepumpt werden.“
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.
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