abschleifen

[ˈapˌʃlaɪ̯fn̩]

/[ˈapˌʃlaɪ̯fn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“abschleifen” is uncommon German (frequency #99,425 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,425
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Oberfläche mit Hilfe eines Schleifwerkzeuges glätten

Corpus desk

Index DE-abschleifen · abschleifen · German

abschleifen · rank #99,425 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,425
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Abraxas

Nearest frequency peer: Abraxas (-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 „abschleifen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for abschleifen
PropertyValue
Headwordabschleifen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈapˌʃlaɪ̯fn̩]
Letters11
Frequency rank#99,425
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „abschleifen“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Abraxas“ (#99,424), „Abneigungen“ (#99,423), „Abhebung“ (#99,422). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „abschleifen“ bei #99,425. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

abschleifen is uncommon German at frequency #99,425 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈapˌʃlaɪ̯fn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

abschleifen has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

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. The correct German form is abschleifen, spelled A-B-S-C-H-L-E-I-F-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Oberfläche mit Hilfe eines Schleifwerkzeuges glätten
  2. 2
    ein Werkzeug (beispielsweise ein Messer, eine Schere) schärfen
  3. 3
    etwas (beispielweise Lack, Rost) von einer Oberfläche mit Hilfe eines Schleifwerkzeuges entfernen
  4. 4
    die negativen Eigenschaften von etwas/einer Person verbessern

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Jede gespachtelte Fläche sollte hinterher abgeschliffen werden.“
  2. „Nach dem Abschluss der Arbeiten kann die überstehende Spachtelmasse leicht abgeschliffen werden, so dass die Wand vor dem Neuanstrich oder dem Tapezieren wieder ganz glatt ist.“

Synonyms

abfeilenwegschleifenabschmirgelnschmirgelnwegschmirgeln

Antonyms

beschichten

This word in other languages

polish(English)polir(Português)

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 "abschleifen"?
"abschleifen" is spelled A-B-S-C-H-L-E-I-F-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈapˌʃlaɪ̯fn̩].
What does "abschleifen" mean?
As a verb, "abschleifen" means: eine Oberfläche mit Hilfe eines Schleifwerkzeuges glätten
How do you pronounce "abschleifen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abschleifen" is [ˈapˌʃlaɪ̯fn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abschleifen" come from?
"abschleifen" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Abneigungen#99,423abzuwaschen#99,429abzuwischen#99,430Aktivposten#99,440

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list