absteigender

[ˈapˌʃtaɪ̯ɡn̩dɐ]

/[ˈapˌʃtaɪ̯ɡn̩dɐ]/ adj

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The verdict

“absteigender” is uncommon German (frequency #71,063 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,063
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs absteigend

Corpus desk

Index DE-absteigender · absteigender · German

absteigender · rank #71,063 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,063
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH abstammt

Nearest frequency peer: abstammt (-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 „absteigender“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for absteigender
PropertyValue
Headwordabsteigender
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈapˌʃtaɪ̯ɡn̩dɐ]
Letters12
Frequency rank#71,063
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „absteigender“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „abstammt“ (#71,062), „Abstiegsplatz“ (#71,064), „absegnen“ (#71,061). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „absteigender“ bei #71,063. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

absteigender is uncommon German at frequency #71,063 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈapˌʃtaɪ̯ɡn̩dɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for absteigender in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is absteigender, spelled A-B-S-T-E-I-G-E-N-D-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs absteigend
  2. 2
    Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs absteigend
  3. 3
    Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs absteigend
  4. 4
    Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs absteigend
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs absteigend

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 "absteigender"?
"absteigender" is spelled A-B-S-T-E-I-G-E-N-D-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈapˌʃtaɪ̯ɡn̩dɐ].
What does "absteigender" mean?
As an adjective, "absteigender" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs absteigend
How do you pronounce "absteigender"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "absteigender" is [ˈapˌʃtaɪ̯ɡn̩dɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "absteigender" come from?
"absteigender" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list