abspenstig machen
[ˈapʃpɛnstɪç ˌmaxn̩]
The verdict
“abspenstig machen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dazu verleiten, dazu bringen, sich jemanden abzuwenden oder etwas herzugeben
Corpus desk
Index DE-abspenstig-machen · abspenstig machen · German
abspenstig machen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abspenstig machen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈapʃpɛnstɪç ˌmaxn̩] |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „abspenstig machen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
abspenstig machen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ˈapʃpɛnstɪç ˌmaxn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "dazu verleiten, dazu bringen, sich jemanden abzuwenden oder etwas herzugeben".
abspenstig machen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is abspenstig machen, spelled A-B-S-P-E-N-S-T-I-G- -M-A-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1dazu verleiten, dazu bringen, sich jemanden abzuwenden oder etwas herzugeben
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how abspenstig machen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Du ahnst nicht, wie froh ich bin, dass ich sie der alten Hexe abspenstig machen konnte.“
„Bestimmt kannten die Anwälte des Eigners tausend juristische Winkelzüge, um ihnen die Jacht abspenstig zu machen.“
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.