abreiben
[ˈapˌʁaɪ̯bn̩]
The verdict
“abreiben” is an uncommon German word, ranked #95,210 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #95,210
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - durch Reiben reinigen, Schmutz oder Ähnliches durch Reiben entfernen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abreiben |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈapˌʁaɪ̯bn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #95,210 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “abreiben” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for abreiben is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈapˌʁaɪ̯bn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #95,210 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for abreiben in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 abreiben, spelled A-B-R-E-I-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1durch Reiben reinigen, Schmutz oder Ähnliches durch Reiben entfernen
- 2mit einem Handtuch, einem Lappen trocken reiben
- 3durch Reibung beschädigen, abnutzen
- 4mit einer Reibe bearbeiten, kleine Teilchen mit einer Reibe entfernen
- 5(Teig, Milchreis oder Ähnliches) rühren
- 6verprügeln
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); 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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Using “abreiben”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-B-R-E-I-B-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈapˌʁaɪ̯bn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.