abschrauben
[ˈapˌʃʁaʊ̯bn̩]
The verdict
“abschrauben” 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) - (meist durch Lösen einer oder mehrerer Schrauben) einen Gegenstand, der befestigt ist, entfernen
Corpus desk
Index DE-abschrauben · abschrauben · German
abschrauben · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | abschrauben |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈapˌʃʁaʊ̯bn̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „abschrauben“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
abschrauben is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈapˌʃʁaʊ̯bn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for abschrauben in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 abschrauben, spelled A-B-S-C-H-R-A-U-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1(meist durch Lösen einer oder mehrerer Schrauben) einen Gegenstand, der befestigt ist, entfernen
- 2etwas, was ein Gewinde hat, aufdrehen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how abschrauben appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Auf den Boulevards werden die Bänke abgeschraubt: man soll kaufen und nicht verweilen oder flanieren.“
[die Regierung in Frankreich lässt] „die Mülleimer in öffentlichen Gebäuden und an Transportknoten abschrauben – die Behälter könnten als Verstecke für Bomben dienen.“
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.