Abreaktion
[ˈapʁeakˌt͡si̯oːn]
The verdict
“Abreaktion” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vorgang, bei dem psychische Spannungen und Hemmungen durch das bewusste Nacherleben beseitigt werden
Corpus desk
Index DE-abreaktion · Abreaktion · German
Abreaktion · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | Abreaktion |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈapʁeakˌt͡si̯oːn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Abreaktion“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Abreaktion is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈapʁeakˌt͡si̯oːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Abreaktion has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. 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 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 Abreaktion, spelled A-B-R-E-A-K-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Vorgang, bei dem psychische Spannungen und Hemmungen durch das bewusste Nacherleben beseitigt werden
- 2Vorgang, bei dem psychische Spannungen und aufgestaute Gefühle in einer bestimmten Handlung entladen werden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Abreaktion appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bei der Behandlung von Psychotrauma ist es wichtig, die Integration des Erlebten in den eigenen Erfahrungskontext durch "Abreaktion" zu erlangen.
„Der Psychotherapeut, zu dem sie, gut amerikanisch, eilt, rät zur Abreaktion der Ängste in Gedichten.“
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.