abreiben

[ˈapˌʁaɪ̯bn̩]

/[ˈapˌʁaɪ̯bn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“abreiben” is uncommon German (frequency #95,210 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,210
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - durch Reiben reinigen, Schmutz oder Ähnliches durch Reiben entfernen

Corpus desk

Index DE-abreiben · abreiben · German

abreiben · rank #95,210 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #95,210
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH abriegeln

Nearest frequency peer: abriegeln (+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 „abreiben“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for abreiben
PropertyValue
Headwordabreiben
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈapˌʁaɪ̯bn̩]
Letters8
Frequency rank#95,210
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „abreiben“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).abreibenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „abriegeln“ (#95,211), „ablehnst“ (#95,208), „Abwärtsbewegung“ (#95,212). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „abreiben“ bei #95,210. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

abreiben is uncommon German at frequency #95,210 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈapˌʁaɪ̯bn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.

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

  1. 1
    durch Reiben reinigen, Schmutz oder Ähnliches durch Reiben entfernen
  2. 2
    mit einem Handtuch, einem Lappen trocken reiben
  3. 3
    durch Reibung beschädigen, abnutzen
  4. 4
    mit einer Reibe bearbeiten, kleine Teilchen mit einer Reibe entfernen
  5. 5
    (Teig, Milchreis oder Ähnliches) rühren
  6. 6
    verprügeln

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Champignons sollte man nicht waschen, sondern nur mit einem Tuch abreiben.
  2. Bitte versuch doch mal, den Kleberest des Preisschildes von unserem Geschenk abzureiben.

Synonyms

abrubbelnabrubbelnfrottierenabwetzenrührenverdreschenverprügeln

This word in other languages

rub off(English)éroder(Français)esfregar(Português)

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 "abreiben"?
"abreiben" is spelled A-B-R-E-I-B-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈapˌʁaɪ̯bn̩].
What does "abreiben" mean?
As a verb, "abreiben" means: durch Reiben reinigen, Schmutz oder Ähnliches durch Reiben entfernen
How do you pronounce "abreiben"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abreiben" is [ˈapˌʁaɪ̯bn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abreiben" come from?
"abreiben" 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 "abreiben", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ablehnst#95,208Altmeier#95,231zuschlug#95,185zuoberst#95,181

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list