abstammen

[ˈapˌʃtamən]

/[ˈapˌʃtamən]/ verb

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The verdict

“abstammen” is uncommon German (frequency #55,090 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,090
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - seine Herkunft von jemandem oder etwas haben

Corpus desk

Index DE-abstammen · abstammen · German

abstammen · rank #55,090 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,090
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH abspielte

Nearest frequency peer: abspielte (-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 „abstammen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for abstammen
PropertyValue
Headwordabstammen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈapˌʃtamən]
Letters9
Frequency rank#55,090
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „abstammen“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).abstammenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „abspielte“ (#55,089), „abtasten“ (#55,091), „Ablenkungen“ (#55,088). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „abstammen“ bei #55,090. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

abstammen is uncommon German at frequency #55,090 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈapˌʃtamən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "seine Herkunft von jemandem oder etwas haben".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for abstammen, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is abstammen, spelled A-B-S-T-A-M-M-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    seine Herkunft von jemandem oder etwas haben

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Mein Ururgroßvater stammt vom englischen Adel ab.

Synonyms

entstammenhervorgehenentspringen

This word in other languages

descend(English)descender(Español)descendre(Français)descer(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 "abstammen"?
"abstammen" is spelled A-B-S-T-A-M-M-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈapˌʃtamən].
What does "abstammen" mean?
As a verb, "abstammen" means: seine Herkunft von jemandem oder etwas haben
How do you pronounce "abstammen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abstammen" is [ˈapˌʃtamən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abstammen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

abspielte#55,089überzeuge#55,077Altarraum#55,106Andachten#55,115

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list