Abrakadabra
[aːbʁakaˈdaːbʁa]
The verdict
“Abrakadabra” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Zauberwort
Corpus desk
Index DE-abrakadabra · Abrakadabra · German
Abrakadabra · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | Abrakadabra |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aːbʁakaˈdaːbʁa] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Abrakadabra“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Abrakadabra is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [aːbʁakaˈdaːbʁa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Abrakadabra, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Abrakadabra, spelled A-B-R-A-K-A-D-A-B-R-A.
Definition
- 1Zauberwort
- 2sinnloses oder unverständliches Gerede
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Abrakadabra appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Abrakadabra wird unter anderem auch als Zauberformel verwendet.
Abrakadabra, Simsalabim und dreimal schwarzer Kater!
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.