absenden

[ˈapˌzɛndn̩]

/[ˈapˌzɛndn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“absenden” is uncommon German (frequency #62,153 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,153
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas (zum Beispiel Briefe, Päckchen oder Waren) an einen Empfänger übermitteln

Corpus desk

Index DE-absenden · absenden · German

absenden · rank #62,153 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,153
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Abiturprüfung

Nearest frequency peer: Abiturprüfung (-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 „absenden“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for absenden
PropertyValue
Headwordabsenden
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈapˌzɛndn̩]
Letters8
Frequency rank#62,153
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „absenden“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.absendenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Abiturprüfung“ (#62,152), „abwesenden“ (#62,154), „abhacken“ (#62,151). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „absenden“ bei #62,153. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

absenden is uncommon German at frequency #62,153 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈapˌzɛndn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

absenden has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is absenden, spelled A-B-S-E-N-D-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas (zum Beispiel Briefe, Päckchen oder Waren) an einen Empfänger übermitteln
  2. 2
    eine Person mit einem Auftrag entsenden, losschicken

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Den Brief habe ich gestern schon abgesandt; er müsste also bald bei dir ankommen.
  2. Da aber dasselbe unsere Unabhängigkeit nicht anerkennen wollte, konnte es auch keinen mit einem öffentlichen Charakter bekleideten Unterhändler absenden; …

This word in other languages

forward(English)mandar(Español)envoyer(Français)enviar(Português)

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 "absenden"?
"absenden" is spelled A-B-S-E-N-D-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈapˌzɛndn̩].
What does "absenden" mean?
As a verb, "absenden" means: etwas (zum Beispiel Briefe, Päckchen oder Waren) an einen Empfänger übermitteln
How do you pronounce "absenden"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "absenden" is [ˈapˌzɛndn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "absenden" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

abhacken#62,151abwälzen#62,155Zuflüsse#62,128Arenberg#62,184

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list