Abspielgerät

[ˈapʃpiːlɡəˌʁɛːt]

/[ˈapʃpiːlɡəˌʁɛːt]/ noun

The verdict

“Abspielgerät” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gerät zur Wiedergabe von Bild- oder Tonträgern

Corpus desk

Index DE-abspielgerat · Abspielgerät · German

Abspielgerät · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 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.

Key facts for Abspielgerät
PropertyValue
HeadwordAbspielgerät
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈapʃpiːlɡəˌʁɛːt]
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Abspielgerät“ im Deutschen

Abspielgerätsitzt jenseits der 100.000 häufigsten deutschen Formen, im Schwanz spezialisierten oder seltenen Wortschatzes.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Abspielgerät is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈapʃpiːlɡəˌʁɛːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gerät zur Wiedergabe von Bild- oder Tonträgern".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Abspielgerät, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Abspielgerät, spelled A-B-S-P-I-E-L-G-E-R-Ä-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gerät zur Wiedergabe von Bild- oder Tonträgern

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Rund ein Drittel der Menschen hierzulande (34 Prozent) hört einer Yougov-Umfrage zufolge Podcasts, knapp jeder Achte davon (13 Prozent) täglich. Das Smartphone ist dabei das beliebteste Abspielgerät.“
  2. „Er hatte ein Abspielgerät unter dem Arm und schloss es nun an den Monitor an, der auf dem Nebentisch stand.“

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Abspielgerät"?
"Abspielgerät" is spelled A-B-S-P-I-E-L-G-E-R-Ä-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈapʃpiːlɡəˌʁɛːt].
What does "Abspielgerät" mean?
As a noun, "Abspielgerät" means: Gerät zur Wiedergabe von Bild- oder Tonträgern
How do you pronounce "Abspielgerät"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Abspielgerät" is [ˈapʃpiːlɡəˌʁɛːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Abspielgerät" come from?
"Abspielgerät" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list