abriegeln

[ˈapˌʁiːɡl̩n]

/[ˈapˌʁiːɡl̩n]/ verb

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The verdict

“abriegeln” is uncommon German (frequency #95,211 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,211
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas mit einem Riegel versperren

Corpus desk

Index DE-abriegeln · abriegeln · German

abriegeln · rank #95,211 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #95,211
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH abreiben

Nearest frequency peer: abreiben (-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 „abriegeln“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for abriegeln
PropertyValue
Headwordabriegeln
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈapˌʁiːɡl̩n]
Letters9
Frequency rank#95,211
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „abriegeln“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).abriegelnfällt 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: „abreiben“ (#95,210), „Abwärtsbewegung“ (#95,212), „Actionfilme“ (#95,213). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „abriegeln“ bei #95,211. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

abriegeln is uncommon German at frequency #95,211 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈapˌʁiːɡl̩n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for abriegeln in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is abriegeln, spelled A-B-R-I-E-G-E-L-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas mit einem Riegel versperren
  2. 2
    den Zugang zu etwas versperren

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Nachts riegele ich meine Haustür immer ab.
  2. Die Armee geht in Süd-Waziristan schon seit Monaten mit Luftangriffen und Artillerie gegen die Taliban vor und hat die Region abgeriegelt.

Synonyms

zuriegeln

This word in other languages

bolt(English)acordonar(Español)boucler(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 "abriegeln"?
"abriegeln" is spelled A-B-R-I-E-G-E-L-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈapˌʁiːɡl̩n].
What does "abriegeln" mean?
As a verb, "abriegeln" means: etwas mit einem Riegel versperren
How do you pronounce "abriegeln"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abriegeln" is [ˈapˌʁiːɡl̩n]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abriegeln" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Alphabete#95,227Altarbild#95,230angeredet#95,242anspornen#95,250

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list