abschmücken
[ˈapˌʃmʏkn̩]
The verdict
“abschmücken” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - den Schmuck von etwas entfernen
Corpus desk
Index DE-abschmucken · abschmücken · German
abschmücken · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | abschmücken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈapˌʃmʏkn̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „abschmücken“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
abschmücken is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈapˌʃmʏkn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "den Schmuck von etwas entfernen".
No misspelling variants are generated for abschmücken in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is abschmücken, spelled A-B-S-C-H-M-Ü-C-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1den Schmuck von etwas entfernen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how abschmücken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Sie darf Silvester das Essen auftragen, und einige Tage später in dem Kostüm den Baum abschmücken.“
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.