abschmirgeln
[ˈapˌʃmɪʁɡl̩n]
The verdict
“abschmirgeln” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit Schmirgel (ab-)schleifen, glätten, polieren
Corpus desk
Index DE-abschmirgeln · abschmirgeln · German
abschmirgeln · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | abschmirgeln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈapˌʃmɪʁɡl̩n] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „abschmirgeln“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
abschmirgeln is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈapˌʃmɪʁɡl̩n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mit Schmirgel (ab-)schleifen, glätten, polieren".
abschmirgeln doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is abschmirgeln, spelled A-B-S-C-H-M-I-R-G-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1mit Schmirgel (ab-)schleifen, glätten, polieren
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how abschmirgeln appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Zuhause sieht Judith ihren Großvater in der Scheune einen Stuhl abschmirgeln – den Gebärstuhl aus der Ausrüstung seiner verstorbenen Frau, ihrer Großmutter.“
„Man muss die schadhaften Stellen abschmirgeln, eine Paste auftragen und dann einen Flicken draufsetzen.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.