abschleifen
[ˈapˌʃlaɪ̯fn̩]
The verdict
“abschleifen” is an uncommon German word, ranked #99,425 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #99,425
- frequency rank, German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine Oberfläche mit Hilfe eines Schleifwerkzeuges glätten
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abschleifen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈapˌʃlaɪ̯fn̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #99,425 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “abschleifen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for abschleifen is 11 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈapˌʃlaɪ̯fn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #99,425 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1eine Oberfläche mit Hilfe eines Schleifwerkzeuges glätten
- 2ein Werkzeug (beispielsweise ein Messer, eine Schere) schärfen
- 3etwas (beispielweise Lack, Rost) von einer Oberfläche mit Hilfe eines Schleifwerkzeuges entfernen
- 4die negativen Eigenschaften von etwas/einer Person verbessern
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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 “abschleifen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-B-S-C-H-L-E-I-F-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈapˌʃlaɪ̯fn̩] (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.