Abschleppwagen
[ˈapʃlɛpˌvaːɡn̩]
The verdict
“Abschleppwagen” is uncommon German (frequency #75,323 among 113,935 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,323
- frequency rank, German
- 113,935
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Gefährt, mit dem andere Kraftfahrzeuge bewegt werden können, die entweder selbst nicht fahrtauglich sind oder ordnungswidrig abgestellt wurden
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Abschleppwagen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈapʃlɛpˌvaːɡn̩] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #75,323 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Abschleppwagen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Abschleppwagen is uncommon German at frequency #75,323 among 113,935 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈapʃlɛpˌvaːɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gefährt, mit dem andere Kraftfahrzeuge bewegt werden können, die entweder selbst nicht fahrtauglich sind oder ordnungswidrig abgestellt wurden".
Zero misspellings are on record for Abschleppwagen in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Abschleppwagen, spelled A-B-S-C-H-L-E-P-P-W-A-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1Gefährt, mit dem andere Kraftfahrzeuge bewegt werden können, die entweder selbst nicht fahrtauglich sind oder ordnungswidrig abgestellt wurden
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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 “Abschleppwagen”
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-P-P-W-A-G-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.