abschafft

[ˈapˌʃaft]

/[ˈapˌʃaft]/ verb

The verdict

“abschafft” is uncommon German (frequency #63,082 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,082
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs abschaffen

Corpus desk

Index DE-abschafft · abschafft · German

abschafft · rank #63,082 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,082
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH abou

Nearest frequency peer: abou (-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 „abschafft“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for abschafft
PropertyValue
Headwordabschafft
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈapˌʃaft]
Letters9
Frequency rank#63,082
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „abschafft“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „abou“ (#63,081), „Absolventin“ (#63,083), „abnehmende“ (#63,080). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „abschafft“ bei #63,082. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

abschafft is uncommon German at frequency #63,082 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈapˌʃaft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for abschafft in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is abschafft, spelled A-B-S-C-H-A-F-F-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs abschaffen
  2. 2
    2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs abschaffen

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 "abschafft"?
"abschafft" is spelled A-B-S-C-H-A-F-F-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈapˌʃaft].
What does "abschafft" mean?
As a verb, "abschafft" means: 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs abschaffen
How do you pronounce "abschafft"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abschafft" is [ˈapˌʃaft]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abschafft" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list