Abseilen

/[ˈapˌzaɪ̯lən]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#59,402

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Abseilen is aGermannoun. It means: Abstieg einer Person von einem Berg, Fels oder einer anderen Anhöhe mit Hilfe eines Seils Pronounced [ˈapˌzaɪ̯lən].

Key facts for Abseilen
PropertyValue
HeadwordAbseilen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈapˌzaɪ̯lən]
Letters8
Frequency rank#59,402
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Abseilen is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈapˌzaɪ̯lən]. Corpus data places it at rank #59,402 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Abstieg einer Person von einem Berg, Fels oder einer anderen Anhöhe mit Hilfe eines Seils".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for Abseilen in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.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.

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 Abseilen, spelled A-B-S-E-I-L-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Abstieg einer Person von einem Berg, Fels oder einer anderen Anhöhe mit Hilfe eines Seils

Frequency rank: #59,402 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Abseilen"?
"Abseilen" is spelled A-B-S-E-I-L-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈapˌzaɪ̯lən].
What does "Abseilen" mean?
As a noun, "Abseilen" means: Abstieg einer Person von einem Berg, Fels oder einer anderen Anhöhe mit Hilfe eines Seils
How do you pronounce "Abseilen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Abseilen" is [ˈapˌzaɪ̯lən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Abseilen" come from?
"Abseilen" 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.