abschliff
[ˈapˌʃlɪf]
The verdict
“abschliff” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs abschleifen
Corpus desk
Index DE-abschliff · abschliff · German
abschliff · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | abschliff |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈapˌʃlɪf] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „abschliff“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
abschliff is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈapˌʃlɪf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for abschliff, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is abschliff, spelled A-B-S-C-H-L-I-F-F.
Definition
- 11. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs abschleifen
- 23. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs abschleifen
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.