abschnüren
[ˈapˌʃnyːʁən]
The verdict
“abschnüren” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas mit einer Schnur oder Ähnlichem einengen
Corpus desk
Index DE-abschnuren · abschnüren · German
abschnüren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | abschnüren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈapˌʃnyːʁən] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „abschnüren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
abschnüren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈapˌʃnyːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for abschnüren, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 abschnüren, spelled A-B-S-C-H-N-Ü-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas mit einer Schnur oder Ähnlichem einengen
- 2etwas absperren oder abriegeln
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how abschnüren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ein Ring oder ein anderer Gegenstand, der einen Körperteil abschnürt, muss entfernt werden, bevor sich eine Schwellung bildet.
In ihr war ein dunkles Gefühl, eine dumpfe Angst, die ihr fast das Herz abschnürte; sie aß kaum und gab auf alle Fragen nur einsilbige Antworten.
Antonyms
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.