abspringen

[ˈapˌʃpʁɪŋən]

/[ˈapˌʃpʁɪŋən]/ verb

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The verdict

“abspringen” is uncommon German (frequency #50,248 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,248
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - von einem bestimmten Punkt mit einem Sprung beginnen

Corpus desk

Index DE-abspringen · abspringen · German

abspringen · rank #50,248 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,248
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Absperrungen

Nearest frequency peer: Absperrungen (-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 „abspringen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for abspringen
PropertyValue
Headwordabspringen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈapˌʃpʁɪŋən]
Letters10
Frequency rank#50,248
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „abspringen“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.abspringenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Absperrungen“ (#50,247), „absurder“ (#50,249), „Abschriften“ (#50,246). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „abspringen“ bei #50,248. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

abspringen is uncommon German at frequency #50,248 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈapˌʃpʁɪŋən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for abspringen, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is abspringen, spelled A-B-S-P-R-I-N-G-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    von einem bestimmten Punkt mit einem Sprung beginnen
  2. 2
    von etwas herunterspringen
  3. 3
    sich von etwas (ab-)lösen
  4. 4
    etwas (kurzfristig) absagen
  5. 5
    springend fliehen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Der Athlet muss von einem Balken, der in den Boden eingelassen ist, abspringen.
  2. „Es gab Himbeersträucher im Park und oft, wenn er und Terry auf ihren Rennrädern dort vorbeikamen, sprangen sie ab und pflückten sich rasch eine Handvoll.“

This word in other languages

jump off(English)

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 "abspringen"?
"abspringen" is spelled A-B-S-P-R-I-N-G-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈapˌʃpʁɪŋən].
What does "abspringen" mean?
As a verb, "abspringen" means: von einem bestimmten Punkt mit einem Sprung beginnen
How do you pronounce "abspringen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abspringen" is [ˈapˌʃpʁɪŋən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abspringen" come from?
"abspringen" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

aktivierte#50,254Aphorismen#50,270Zwietracht#50,223zweimalige#50,221

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list