abspeichern

[ˈapˌʃpaɪ̯çɐn]

/[ˈapˌʃpaɪ̯çɐn]/ verb

The verdict

“abspeichern” is uncommon German (frequency #63,997 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,997
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Daten für später auf einem Datenträger ablegen

Corpus desk

Index DE-abspeichern · abspeichern · German

abspeichern · rank #63,997 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,997
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Abstrich

Nearest frequency peer: Abstrich (+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 „abspeichern“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for abspeichern
PropertyValue
Headwordabspeichern
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈapˌʃpaɪ̯çɐn]
Letters11
Frequency rank#63,997
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „abspeichern“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).abspeichernfällt 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: „Abstrich“ (#63,998), „abrieb“ (#63,995), „Absturzes“ (#63,999). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „abspeichern“ bei #63,997. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

abspeichern is uncommon German at frequency #63,997 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈapˌʃpaɪ̯çɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

abspeichern has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 abspeichern, spelled A-B-S-P-E-I-C-H-E-R-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Daten für später auf einem Datenträger ablegen
  2. 2
    etwas im Gedächtnis speichern

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Als letzten Schritt sollte man immer die Daten abspeichern.
  2. Obwohl der Satz nicht für mich bestimmt war, habe ich ihn abgespeichert.

Synonyms

Antonyms

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 "abspeichern"?
"abspeichern" is spelled A-B-S-P-E-I-C-H-E-R-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈapˌʃpaɪ̯çɐn].
What does "abspeichern" mean?
As a verb, "abspeichern" means: Daten für später auf einem Datenträger ablegen
How do you pronounce "abspeichern"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abspeichern" is [ˈapˌʃpaɪ̯çɐn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abspeichern" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list