abridge
[əˈbɹɪd͡ʒ]
The verdict
“abridge” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einen Text, ein Buch oder Ähnliches durch Beschränkung auf das Wichtigste kürzer machen; verkürzen, kürzen
Corpus desk
Index DE-abridge · abridge · German
abridge · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | abridge |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [əˈbɹɪd͡ʒ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „abridge“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
abridge is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [əˈbɹɪd͡ʒ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
abridge has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is abridge, spelled A-B-R-I-D-G-E.
Definition
- 1einen Text, ein Buch oder Ähnliches durch Beschränkung auf das Wichtigste kürzer machen; verkürzen, kürzen
- 2einschränken, beschränken, beschneiden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how abridge appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"This chapter and the two following ones were written; they gave at full length all the particulars which I must now abridge, for my silly servant has taken the three chapters for her own purposes."
"In those days, the captain's authority was restricted to the navigation and general management of the vessel; while over the whale-hunting department and all its concerns, the Specksnyder or Chief Harpooneer reigned supreme. In the British Greenland Fishery, under the corrupted title of Specksioneer, this old Dutch official is still retained, but his for…
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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.