absegnen

[ˈapˌzeːɡnən]

/[ˈapˌzeːɡnən]/ verb

The verdict

“absegnen” is uncommon German (frequency #71,061 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,061
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einen Plan, ein Vorhaben bewilligen

Corpus desk

Index DE-absegnen · absegnen · German

absegnen · rank #71,061 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,061
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH abschaltet

Nearest frequency peer: abschaltet (-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 „absegnen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for absegnen
PropertyValue
Headwordabsegnen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈapˌzeːɡnən]
Letters8
Frequency rank#71,061
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „absegnen“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „abschaltet“ (#71,060), „abstammt“ (#71,062), „ablöste“ (#71,059). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „absegnen“ bei #71,061. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

absegnen is uncommon German at frequency #71,061 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈapˌzeːɡnən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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

  1. 1
    einen Plan, ein Vorhaben bewilligen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how absegnen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ich habe eine Woche am Konzept gearbeitet. Ich hoffe, dass mein Chef das auch absegnet.
  2. Es blieb ihm vorbehalten die Runde daran zu erinnern, dass man nicht alle Manager über einen Kamm scheren könne. Die Gehälter der Manager seien schließlich von den Aufsichtsräten, einschließlich der darin zahlreich vertretenen Politiker, abgesegnet worden.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "absegnen"?
"absegnen" is spelled A-B-S-E-G-N-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈapˌzeːɡnən].
What does "absegnen" mean?
As a verb, "absegnen" means: einen Plan, ein Vorhaben bewilligen
How do you pronounce "absegnen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "absegnen" is [ˈapˌzeːɡnən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "absegnen" come from?
"absegnen" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list