absperren

/[ˈapˌʃpɛʁən]/ verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#69,962

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

absperren is aGermanverb. It means: die Tür zu einem Zimmer verschließen Pronounced [ˈapˌʃpɛʁən].

Key facts for absperren
PropertyValue
Headwordabsperren
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈapˌʃpɛʁən]
Letters9
Frequency rank#69,962
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of absperren in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for absperren is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈapˌʃpɛʁən]. Corpus data places it at rank #69,962 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for absperren in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is absperren, spelled A-B-S-P-E-R-R-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Tür zu einem Zimmer verschließen
  2. 2
    den Zugang zu einem Gebiet oder Gebäude verhindern
  3. 3
    den Durchfluss einer Flüssigkeit oder eines Gases unterbinden

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #69,962 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "absperren"?
"absperren" is spelled A-B-S-P-E-R-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈapˌʃpɛʁən].
What does "absperren" mean?
As a verb, "absperren" means: die Tür zu einem Zimmer verschließen
How do you pronounce "absperren"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "absperren" is [ˈapˌʃpɛʁən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "absperren" come from?
"absperren" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.