abspülen

[ˈapˌʃpyːlən]

/[ˈapˌʃpyːlən]/ verb

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The verdict

“abspülen” is uncommon German (frequency #55,915 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,915
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas mit Wasser oder anderen Flüssigkeiten von Schmutz befreien

Corpus desk

Index DE-abspulen · abspülen · German

abspülen · rank #55,915 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,915
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Absatzmarkt

Nearest frequency peer: Absatzmarkt (-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 „abspülen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for abspülen
PropertyValue
Headwordabspülen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈapˌʃpyːlən]
Letters8
Frequency rank#55,915
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „abspülen“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Absatzmarkt“ (#55,914), „abstellt“ (#55,916), „abklingen“ (#55,913). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „abspülen“ bei #55,915. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

abspülen is uncommon German at frequency #55,915 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈapˌʃpyːlən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for abspülen, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is abspülen, spelled A-B-S-P-Ü-L-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas mit Wasser oder anderen Flüssigkeiten von Schmutz befreien
  2. 2
    Geschirr im Wasserbad oder unter fließendem Wasser reinigen
  3. 3
    etwas mit Hilfe einer Flüssigkeit von etwas entfernen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Vor dem Verzehr sollte man behandelte Äpfel gründlich abspülen.
  2. Wer spült heute ab?

Synonyms

abwaschenspülenwegspülenwegschwemmen

This word in other languages

wash(English)lavar(Español)laver(Français)lavar(Português)

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 "abspülen"?
"abspülen" is spelled A-B-S-P-Ü-L-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈapˌʃpyːlən].
What does "abspülen" mean?
As a verb, "abspülen" means: etwas mit Wasser oder anderen Flüssigkeiten von Schmutz befreien
How do you pronounce "abspülen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abspülen" is [ˈapˌʃpyːlən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abspülen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

abstellt#55,916academia#55,920additive#55,922übliches#55,903

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list