abschneiden

/[ˈapˌʃnaɪ̯dn̩]/ verb

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,819

in German word usage

Misspellings

17

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

abschneiden is aGermanverb. It means: etwas abtrennen Pronounced [ˈapˌʃnaɪ̯dn̩]. It ranks #8,819 in German word frequency. Often confused with abschreiben and abschneidet.

Key facts for abschneiden
PropertyValue
Headwordabschneiden
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈapˌʃnaɪ̯dn̩]
Letters11
Frequency rank#8,819
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of abschneiden in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for abschneiden is 11 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈapˌʃnaɪ̯dn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,819 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 17 documented wrong-spelling variants for abschneiden, with forms such as "abbschneiden", "abcshneiden", and "abscchneiden". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "abschreiben", "abschneidet", "aufschneiden", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is abschneiden, spelled A-B-S-C-H-N-E-I-D-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas abtrennen
  2. 2
    ein Ergebnis erzielen, Erfolg haben
  3. 3
    jemandem oder etwas den Weg versperren
  4. 4
    jemandem etwas entziehen, etwas vereiteln

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: abbschneiden,abcshneiden,abscchneiden,abscheniden,abschhneiden,abschnedien,abschneidden,abschneidenn,abschneidne,abschneiedn,abschnieden,abschnneiden,abscnheiden,abshcneiden,absschneiden,asbchneiden,baschneiden

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for abschneiden

Misspelling Variants of "abschneiden"

abbschneiden12abcshneiden11abscchneiden12abscheniden11abschhneiden12abschnedien11abschneidden12abschneidenn12
Misspelling Variants of "abschneiden"

Frequency rank: #8,819 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "abschneiden"?
"abschneiden" is spelled A-B-S-C-H-N-E-I-D-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈapˌʃnaɪ̯dn̩].
What does "abschneiden" mean?
As a verb, "abschneiden" means: etwas abtrennen
What words are commonly confused with "abschneiden"?
"abschneiden" is commonly confused with "abschreiben", "abschneidet", "aufschneiden". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "abschneiden"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abschneiden" is [ˈapˌʃnaɪ̯dn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abschneiden" come from?
"abschneiden" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.