Abschirmung

/[ˈapˌʃɪʁmʊŋ]/ noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#54,291

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Abschirmung is aGermannoun. It means: die Anbringung einer Schutzhülle, so dass das Austreten oder Eindringen von etwas verhindert wird Pronounced [ˈapˌʃɪʁmʊŋ].

Key facts for Abschirmung
PropertyValue
HeadwordAbschirmung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈapˌʃɪʁmʊŋ]
Letters11
Frequency rank#54,291
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Abschirmung in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Abschirmung is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈapˌʃɪʁmʊŋ]. Corpus data places it at rank #54,291 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.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for Abschirmung in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Abschirmung, spelled A-B-S-C-H-I-R-M-U-N-G, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Anbringung einer Schutzhülle, so dass das Austreten oder Eindringen von etwas verhindert wird
  2. 2
    die angebrachte Schutzhülle von [1]
  3. 3
    im übertragenen Sinne: die Verhinderung von Kontakten mit anderen Menschen oder einer bestimmten relevanten Gruppe

Frequency rank: #54,291 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Abschirmung"?
"Abschirmung" is spelled A-B-S-C-H-I-R-M-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈapˌʃɪʁmʊŋ].
What does "Abschirmung" mean?
As a noun, "Abschirmung" means: die Anbringung einer Schutzhülle, so dass das Austreten oder Eindringen von etwas verhindert wird
How do you pronounce "Abschirmung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Abschirmung" is [ˈapˌʃɪʁmʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Abschirmung" come from?
"Abschirmung" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.