abschmecken
[ˈapˌʃmɛkn̩]
The verdict
“abschmecken” is uncommon German (frequency #54,293 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,293
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - den Geschmack einer Speise prüfen
Corpus desk
Index DE-abschmecken · abschmecken · German
abschmecken · rank #54,293 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,293
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Abschlusses
Nearest frequency peer: Abschlusses (-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 „abschmecken“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- abscheulich…
abscheulichen
45,711 corpus weight
- Abschirmung
Abschirmung
45,710 corpus weight
- Abschlusses
Abschlusses
45,709 corpus weight
- abschmecken
abschmecken
45,708 corpus weight
- abstürzt
abstürzt
45,707 corpus weight
- absurdes
absurdes
45,706 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „abschmecken“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abschmecken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈapˌʃmɛkn̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #54,293 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „abschmecken“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
abschmecken is uncommon German at frequency #54,293 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈapˌʃmɛkn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for abschmecken in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 abschmecken, spelled A-B-S-C-H-M-E-C-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1den Geschmack einer Speise prüfen
- 2den Geschmack einer Speise mit Gewürzen verbessern
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how abschmecken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Während das Ganze zieht, mache folgendermaßen Oenogarum dazu: Stoße Pfeffer, Liebstöckel, mahle es, gieße Liquamen und Wein dazu und schmecke mit Passum oder süßem Wein ab. Schmecke es im Topf ab, gib ein wenig Öl dazu und lass es aufkochen.“
„Das Curry mit Palmzucker (alternativ braunem Zucker), Salz und thailändischer Fischsauce abschmecken.“
This word in other languages
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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).