absperren
[ˈapˌʃpɛʁən]
The verdict
“absperren” is uncommon German (frequency #69,962 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,962
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Tür zu einem Zimmer verschließen
Corpus desk
Index DE-absperren · absperren · German
absperren · rank #69,962 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,962
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH absolutem
Nearest frequency peer: absolutem (-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 „absperren“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Absatzmärkte
Absatzmärkte
30,043 corpus weight
- Abschwung
Abschwung
30,041 corpus weight
- absolutem
absolutem
30,040 corpus weight
- absperren
absperren
30,039 corpus weight
- Abstiegs
Abstiegs
30,038 corpus weight
- abzurechnen
abzurechnen
30,037 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „absperren“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | absperren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈapˌʃpɛʁən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #69,962 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „absperren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
absperren is uncommon German at frequency #69,962 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈapˌʃpɛʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
absperren doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is absperren, spelled A-B-S-P-E-R-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1die Tür zu einem Zimmer verschließen
- 2den Zugang zu einem Gebiet oder Gebäude verhindern
- 3den Durchfluss einer Flüssigkeit oder eines Gases unterbinden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how absperren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„In großer Spannung harrte das Volk auf die Rückkehr der Reiterschar, denn man hatte es für gut gefunden, die beiden in den Hof führenden Thore abzusperren.“
Die ganze Stadt ist abgesperrt.
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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