absahnen

[ˈapˌzaːnən]

/[ˈapˌzaːnən]/ verb

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The verdict

“absahnen” is uncommon German (frequency #73,198 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,198
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rahm von der Milch abschöpfen

Corpus desk

Index DE-absahnen · absahnen · German

absahnen · rank #73,198 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,198
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH abrupten

Nearest frequency peer: abrupten (-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 „absahnen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for absahnen
PropertyValue
Headwordabsahnen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈapˌzaːnən]
Letters8
Frequency rank#73,198
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „absahnen“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).absahnenfällt 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: „abrupten“ (#73,197), „abserviert“ (#73,199), „abrunden“ (#73,196). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „absahnen“ bei #73,198. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

absahnen is uncommon German at frequency #73,198 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈapˌzaːnən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for absahnen, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is absahnen, spelled A-B-S-A-H-N-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rahm von der Milch abschöpfen
  2. 2
    sich das Bessere aneignen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Nach längerem Stehen steigt der leichte Fettanteil nach oben und man kann die Milch absahnen.
  2. Ohne die anderen zu fragen, hat er wieder einmal abgesahnt.

Synonyms

abrahmenentrahmen

This word in other languages

skim(English)forrarse(Español)écrémer(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 "absahnen"?
"absahnen" is spelled A-B-S-A-H-N-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈapˌzaːnən].
What does "absahnen" mean?
As a verb, "absahnen" means: Rahm von der Milch abschöpfen
How do you pronounce "absahnen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "absahnen" is [ˈapˌzaːnən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "absahnen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

abrupten#73,197abrunden#73,196Admirals#73,205Abendrot#73,184

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list