abschotten
[ˈapˌʃɔtn̩]
The verdict
“abschotten” is uncommon German (frequency #74,258 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,258
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - von der Umgebung trennen, sich vor Handlungen des Umfeldes schützen/zurückziehen
Corpus desk
Index DE-abschotten · abschotten · German
abschotten · rank #74,258 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,258
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Abruzzen
Nearest frequency peer: Abruzzen (-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 „abschotten“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Abnahmen
Abnahmen
25,746 corpus weight
- Abruzzen
Abruzzen
25,744 corpus weight
- abschotten
abschotten
25,743 corpus weight
- abspeisen
abspeisen
25,741 corpus weight
- abstrusen
abstrusen
25,740 corpus weight
- Abzweigen
Abzweigen
25,739 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „abschotten“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abschotten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈapˌʃɔtn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #74,258 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „abschotten“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
abschotten is uncommon German at frequency #74,258 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈapˌʃɔtn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for abschotten, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is abschotten, spelled A-B-S-C-H-O-T-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1von der Umgebung trennen, sich vor Handlungen des Umfeldes schützen/zurückziehen
- 2etwas mit Schotten versehen, um das Eindringen von Wasser zu verhindern
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how abschotten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Haus liegt abgeschottet von allen anderen in den Bergen.
„Dieses Europa darf keine Festung werden, in der wir uns vor den anderen abschotten.“
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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