abschreiben

/[ˈapˌʃʁaɪ̯bn̩]/ verb

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#23,402

in German word usage

Misspellings

17

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

abschreiben is aGermanverb. It means: den Text eines anderen übernehmen, kopieren und ihn als eigenes Werk ausgeben Pronounced [ˈapˌʃʁaɪ̯bn̩]. Often confused with anschreien and Anschreiben.

Key facts for abschreiben
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Headwordabschreiben
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈapˌʃʁaɪ̯bn̩]
Letters11
Frequency rank#23,402
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for abschreiben is 11 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈapˌʃʁaɪ̯bn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #23,402 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 7 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 abschreiben, with forms such as "abbschreiben", "abcshreiben", and "abscchreiben". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "anschreien", "Anschreiben", "aufschreiben", 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 abschreiben, spelled A-B-S-C-H-R-E-I-B-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    den Text eines anderen übernehmen, kopieren und ihn als eigenes Werk ausgeben
  2. 2
    eine handschriftliche Kopie von einem Text machen
  3. 3
    Kosten, die nicht mehr eingetrieben werden können, aus der Bilanz entfernen
  4. 4
    den ursprünglichen Wert einer Sache wegen Abnutzung aus der Bilanz entfernen
  5. 5
    mit etwas, was man verloren hat, nicht mehr rechnen
  6. 6
    durch Verwendung abnutzen
  7. 7
    schriftlich absagen

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: abbschreiben,abcshreiben,abscchreiben,abscheriben,abschhreiben,abschrebien,abschreibben,abschreibenn,abschreibne,abschreiebn,abschrieben,abschrreiben,abscrheiben,abshcreiben,absschreiben,asbchreiben,baschreiben

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for abschreiben

Misspelling Variants of "abschreiben"

abbschreiben12abcshreiben11abscchreiben12abscheriben11abschhreiben12abschrebien11abschreibben12abschreibenn12
Misspelling Variants of "abschreiben"

Frequency rank: #23,402 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "abschreiben"?
"abschreiben" is spelled A-B-S-C-H-R-E-I-B-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈapˌʃʁaɪ̯bn̩].
What does "abschreiben" mean?
As a verb, "abschreiben" means: den Text eines anderen übernehmen, kopieren und ihn als eigenes Werk ausgeben
What words are commonly confused with "abschreiben"?
"abschreiben" is commonly confused with "anschreien", "Anschreiben", "aufschreiben". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "abschreiben"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abschreiben" is [ˈapˌʃʁaɪ̯bn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abschreiben" come from?
"abschreiben" 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.