abreagieren

[ˈapʁeaˌɡiːʁən]

/[ˈapʁeaˌɡiːʁən]/ verb

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The verdict

“abreagieren” is uncommon German (frequency #92,534 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,534
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (durch eine bestimmte Tätigkeit) seine vorhandene Erregung, Anspannung oder Ähnliches wieder loswerden oder verringern

Corpus desk

Index DE-abreagieren · abreagieren · German

abreagieren · rank #92,534 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,534
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH abrutscht

Nearest frequency peer: abrutscht (+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 „abreagieren“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „abreagieren“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for abreagieren
PropertyValue
Headwordabreagieren
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈapʁeaˌɡiːʁən]
Letters11
Frequency rank#92,534
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „abreagieren“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.abreagierenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „abrutscht“ (#92,535), „abgesandter“ (#92,532), „abgerichtet“ (#92,531). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „abreagieren“ bei #92,534. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

abreagieren is uncommon German at frequency #92,534 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈapʁeaˌɡiːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for abreagieren in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is abreagieren, spelled A-B-R-E-A-G-I-E-R-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    (durch eine bestimmte Tätigkeit) seine vorhandene Erregung, Anspannung oder Ähnliches wieder loswerden oder verringern
  2. 2
    sich wieder beruhigen, die Fassung wiedererlangen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how abreagieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Peter reagiert seinen beruflichen Stress immer am Golfplatz ab.
  2. Schnelles Autofahren ist zwar ein beliebtes, aber kein geeignetes Mittel, um sich abzureagieren.

This word in other languages

work off(English)calmarse(Español)décharger(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "abreagieren"?
"abreagieren" is spelled A-B-R-E-A-G-I-E-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈapʁeaˌɡiːʁən].
What does "abreagieren" mean?
As a verb, "abreagieren" means: (durch eine bestimmte Tätigkeit) seine vorhandene Erregung, Anspannung oder Ähnliches wieder loswerden oder verringern
How do you pronounce "abreagieren"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abreagieren" is [ˈapʁeaˌɡiːʁən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abreagieren" come from?
"abreagieren" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "abreagieren", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

abgesandter#92,532abgerichtet#92,531überspannen#92,523Zugausfälle#92,507

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list