absenken
[ˈapˌzɛŋkn̩]
The verdict
“absenken” is uncommon German (frequency #51,083 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,083
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich mit einem bestimmten Gefälle senken
Corpus desk
Index DE-absenken · absenken · German
absenken · rank #51,083 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,083
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Abschieds
Nearest frequency peer: Abschieds (-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 „absenken“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- abkassieren
abkassieren
48,921 corpus weight
- Abklatsch
Abklatsch
48,920 corpus weight
- Abschieds
Abschieds
48,919 corpus weight
- absenken
absenken
48,918 corpus weight
- abzuwickeln
abzuwickeln
48,917 corpus weight
- abändern
abändern
48,916 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „absenken“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | absenken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈapˌzɛŋkn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #51,083 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „absenken“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
absenken is uncommon German at frequency #51,083 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈapˌzɛŋkn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for absenken in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 absenken, spelled A-B-S-E-N-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1sich mit einem bestimmten Gefälle senken
- 2etwas niedriger, tiefer legen
- 3durch Ableger vermehren
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how absenken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Nun wollte ich mich der Terrasse widmen, die sich mit den Jahren abgesenkt hat.“
„Einige Platten haben sich abgesenkt, ein paar sind gerissen und ein oder zwei lösen sich sogar ab.“
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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