Abscheulichkeit
[apˈʃɔɪ̯lɪçkaɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Abscheulichkeit” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas Abscheuliches, Abstoßendes
Corpus desk
Index DE-abscheulichkeit · Abscheulichkeit · German
Abscheulichkeit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Abscheulichkeit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [apˈʃɔɪ̯lɪçkaɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Abscheulichkeit“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Abscheulichkeit is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [apˈʃɔɪ̯lɪçkaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas Abscheuliches, Abstoßendes".
Zero misspellings are on record for Abscheulichkeit in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Abscheulichkeit, spelled A-B-S-C-H-E-U-L-I-C-H-K-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1etwas Abscheuliches, Abstoßendes
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Abscheulichkeit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Über die Abscheulichkeit der Taten herrscht in der westlichen Gesellschaft Konsens und kaum Erklärungsnot: Der Täter, der sich oft auf den Islam beruft, fühle sich aufgrund äußeren Drucks gezwungen, die "Ehre" wiederherzustellen, erklärt ein Psychologe.
„So mußte ich mir vorwerfen, daß ich ein gehässiges Gemüt besäße; dabei hatte ich mich einer solchen Abscheulichkeit bisher nie für fähig gehalten.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.