abschauen
[ˈapˌʃaʊ̯ən]
The verdict
“abschauen” is an uncommon German word, ranked #80,029 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #80,029
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - abschreiben, schummeln
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abschauen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈapˌʃaʊ̯ən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #80,029 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “abschauen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for abschauen is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈapˌʃaʊ̯ən]. Corpus data places it at rank #80,029 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
abschauen has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 abschauen, spelled A-B-S-C-H-A-U-E-N.
Definition
- 1abschreiben, schummeln
- 2sich etwas durch Schauen aneignen, etwas für sich kopieren, etwas nachmachen
- 3etwas nicht mehr sehen können
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “abschauen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-B-S-C-H-A-U-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈapˌʃaʊ̯ən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.