Abreibung

[ˈapˌʁaɪ̯bʊŋ]

/[ˈapˌʁaɪ̯bʊŋ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Abreibung” is uncommon German (frequency #80,028 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,028
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Handlung, etwas abzureiben

Corpus desk

Index DE-abreibung · Abreibung · German

Abreibung · rank #80,028 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,028
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH abschauen

Nearest frequency peer: abschauen (+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 „Abreibung“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Abreibung
PropertyValue
HeadwordAbreibung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈapˌʁaɪ̯bʊŋ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#80,028
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Abreibung“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „abschauen“ (#80,029), „abgewürgt“ (#80,026), „Abschlusszeugnis“ (#80,030). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Abreibung“ bei #80,028. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Abreibung is uncommon German at frequency #80,028 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈapˌʁaɪ̯bʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Abreibung, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Abreibung, spelled A-B-R-E-I-B-U-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Handlung, etwas abzureiben
  2. 2
    Verabreichung von Prügel/Schlägen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Nach weiteren Abreibungen mit rauen Schwämmen, warmen Spülungen und einer eiskalten Dusche ist man dann wirklich erfrischt.“
  2. „Die mechanischen Einflüsse können beim Kalkofen nur darin bestehen, daß das Kalkofenfutter durch die niedergehende Gicht (Beschickung) auf Abreibung beansprucht wird; ferner übt die Gicht auf das umschließende Futter einen gewissen Druck aus.“

This word in other languages

dérouillée(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 "Abreibung"?
"Abreibung" is spelled A-B-R-E-I-B-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈapˌʁaɪ̯bʊŋ].
What does "Abreibung" mean?
As a noun, "Abreibung" means: Handlung, etwas abzureiben
How do you pronounce "Abreibung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Abreibung" is [ˈapˌʁaɪ̯bʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Abreibung" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

abschauen#80,029abgewürgt#80,026überklebt#80,009Zähigkeit#80,002

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list