abschmeicheln
[ˈapˌʃmaɪ̯çl̩n]
The verdict
“abschmeicheln” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas erhalten/erzielen, indem man (wahre oder auch erlogene) Freundlichkeiten ausspricht, jemandem schmeichelt
Corpus desk
Index DE-abschmeicheln · abschmeicheln · German
abschmeicheln · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | abschmeicheln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈapˌʃmaɪ̯çl̩n] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „abschmeicheln“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
abschmeicheln is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈapˌʃmaɪ̯çl̩n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas erhalten/erzielen, indem man (wahre oder auch erlogene) Freundlichkeiten ausspricht, jemandem schmeichelt".
No misspelling variants are generated for abschmeicheln in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is abschmeicheln, spelled A-B-S-C-H-M-E-I-C-H-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1etwas erhalten/erzielen, indem man (wahre oder auch erlogene) Freundlichkeiten ausspricht, jemandem schmeichelt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how abschmeicheln appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Wie manches Mal habe ich früher meine Schwägerin innerlich eine Diebin genannt, weil sie meinem arglosen Gatten Geld abschmeichelte.“
„In der Vergangenheit haben wir nichts unversucht gelassen, am Wegesrand die Aufmerksamkeit auf uns zu lenken und ihr ein wenig Konversation abzuschmeicheln.“
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.