abschminken

[ˈapˌʃmɪŋkn̩]

/[ˈapˌʃmɪŋkn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“abschminken” is uncommon German (frequency #60,315 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,315
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Schminke entfernen

Corpus desk

Index DE-abschminken · abschminken · German

abschminken · rank #60,315 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,315
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Abschiebehaft

Nearest frequency peer: Abschiebehaft (-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 „abschminken“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „abschminken“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for abschminken
PropertyValue
Headwordabschminken
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈapˌʃmɪŋkn̩]
Letters11
Frequency rank#60,315
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „abschminken“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).abschminkenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Abschiebehaft“ (#60,314), „absondern“ (#60,316), „Aborigines“ (#60,313). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „abschminken“ bei #60,315. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

abschminken is uncommon German at frequency #60,315 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈapˌʃmɪŋkn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for abschminken, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is abschminken, spelled A-B-S-C-H-M-I-N-K-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Schminke entfernen
  2. 2
    von einer Idee Abstand nehmen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how abschminken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Jeden Abend schminkt sie sich ab.
  2. Die Maskenbildnerin schminkt die Schauspieler nach der Vorstellung nicht ab, das machen diese selbst.

This word in other languages

desmaquillarse(Español)démaquiller(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "abschminken"?
"abschminken" is spelled A-B-S-C-H-M-I-N-K-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈapˌʃmɪŋkn̩].
What does "abschminken" mean?
As a verb, "abschminken" means: Schminke entfernen
How do you pronounce "abschminken"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abschminken" is [ˈapˌʃmɪŋkn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abschminken" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "abschminken", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

abgewaschen#60,311abgelichtet#60,310agriculture#60,321überwintert#60,305

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list