absegnen
[ˈapˌzeːɡnən]
The verdict
“absegnen” is an uncommon German word, ranked #71,061 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #71,061
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - einen Plan, ein Vorhaben bewilligen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | absegnen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈapˌzeːɡnən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #71,061 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “absegnen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for absegnen is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈapˌzeːɡnən]. Corpus data places it at rank #71,061 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "einen Plan, ein Vorhaben bewilligen".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for absegnen, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is absegnen, spelled A-B-S-E-G-N-E-N.
Definition
- 1einen Plan, ein Vorhaben bewilligen
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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Using “absegnen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-B-S-E-G-N-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈapˌzeːɡnən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.