abstecken

[ˈapˌʃtɛkn̩]

/[ˈapˌʃtɛkn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“abstecken” is uncommon German (frequency #78,832 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,832
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Markierung vornehmen, indem man einen spitzen Gegenstand in das zu vermessende Medium steckt

Corpus desk

Index DE-abstecken · abstecken · German

abstecken · rank #78,832 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,832
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Abschussliste

Nearest frequency peer: Abschussliste (-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 „abstecken“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for abstecken
PropertyValue
Headwordabstecken
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈapˌʃtɛkn̩]
Letters9
Frequency rank#78,832
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „abstecken“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Abschussliste“ (#78,831), „abzukühlen“ (#78,833), „abschreckendes“ (#78,830). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „abstecken“ bei #78,832. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

abstecken is uncommon German at frequency #78,832 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈapˌʃtɛkn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for abstecken in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is abstecken, spelled A-B-S-T-E-C-K-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Markierung vornehmen, indem man einen spitzen Gegenstand in das zu vermessende Medium steckt
  2. 2
    etwas Angestecktes abnehmen
  3. 3
    im Voraus die Grenzen, Möglichkeiten oder Kompatibilität einer Beziehung oder Zusammenarbeit prüfen und definieren

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Gestern wurde die Baugrube in der grünen Wiese abgesteckt; heute rücken schon die Bagger an.
  2. Hier wird dann an der Bluse der Abnäher abgesteckt.

Antonyms

ansteckenaufstecken

This word in other languages

stake out(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 "abstecken"?
"abstecken" is spelled A-B-S-T-E-C-K-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈapˌʃtɛkn̩].
What does "abstecken" mean?
As a verb, "abstecken" means: eine Markierung vornehmen, indem man einen spitzen Gegenstand in das zu vermessende Medium steckt
How do you pronounce "abstecken"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abstecken" is [ˈapˌʃtɛkn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abstecken" come from?
"abstecken" 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 "abstecken", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

abgetötet#78,824abdichten#78,819übermannt#78,813andauerte#78,853

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list