abschreckende

[ˈapˌʃʁɛkn̩də]

/[ˈapˌʃʁɛkn̩də]/ adj

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The verdict

“abschreckende” is uncommon German (frequency #64,937 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,937
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs abschreckend

Corpus desk

Index DE-abschreckende · abschreckende · German

abschreckende · rank #64,937 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,937
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH absetzte

Nearest frequency peer: absetzte (+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 „abschreckende“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „abschreckende“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for abschreckende
PropertyValue
Headwordabschreckende
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈapˌʃʁɛkn̩də]
Letters13
Frequency rank#64,937
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „abschreckende“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).abschreckendefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „absetzte“ (#64,938), „abweichender“ (#64,939), „abiturient“ (#64,934). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „abschreckende“ bei #64,937. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

abschreckende is uncommon German at frequency #64,937 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈapˌʃʁɛkn̩də]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

abschreckende doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is abschreckende, spelled A-B-S-C-H-R-E-C-K-E-N-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs abschreckend
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs abschreckend
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs abschreckend
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs abschreckend
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs abschreckend
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs abschreckend
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs abschreckend
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs abschreckend
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs abschreckend

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "abschreckende"?
"abschreckende" is spelled A-B-S-C-H-R-E-C-K-E-N-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈapˌʃʁɛkn̩də].
What does "abschreckende" mean?
As an adjective, "abschreckende" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs abschreckend
How do you pronounce "abschreckende"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abschreckende" is [ˈapˌʃʁɛkn̩də]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abschreckende" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "abschreckende", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list