abrupten

[apˈʁʊptn̩]

/[apˈʁʊptn̩]/ adj

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The verdict

“abrupten” is uncommon German (frequency #73,197 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,197
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs abrupt

Corpus desk

Index DE-abrupten · abrupten · German

abrupten · rank #73,197 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,197
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH abrunden

Nearest frequency peer: abrunden (-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 „abrupten“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for abrupten
PropertyValue
Headwordabrupten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[apˈʁʊptn̩]
Letters8
Frequency rank#73,197
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „abrupten“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „abrunden“ (#73,196), „absahnen“ (#73,198), „Abkömmlinge“ (#73,195). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „abrupten“ bei #73,197. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

abrupten is uncommon German at frequency #73,197 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [apˈʁʊptn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 12 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for abrupten in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is abrupten, spelled A-B-R-U-P-T-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs abrupt
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs abrupt
  3. 3
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs abrupt
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs abrupt
  5. 5
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs abrupt
  6. 6
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs abrupt
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs abrupt
  8. 8
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs abrupt
  9. 9
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs abrupt
  10. 10
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs abrupt
  11. 11
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs abrupt
  12. 12
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs abrupt

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 "abrupten"?
"abrupten" is spelled A-B-R-U-P-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [apˈʁʊptn̩].
What does "abrupten" mean?
As an adjective, "abrupten" means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs abrupt
How do you pronounce "abrupten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abrupten" is [apˈʁʊptn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abrupten" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

abrunden#73,196absahnen#73,198Admirals#73,205Abendrot#73,184

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list