Abstellkammer

[ˈapʃtɛlˌkamɐ]

/[ˈapʃtɛlˌkamɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Abstellkammer” is uncommon German (frequency #68,959 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,959
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Raum, in dem man nur selten oder nicht verwendete Gegenstände aufbewahrt

Corpus desk

Index DE-abstellkammer · Abstellkammer · German

Abstellkammer · rank #68,959 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,959
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH ableisten

Nearest frequency peer: ableisten (-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 „Abstellkammer“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Abstellkammer
PropertyValue
HeadwordAbstellkammer
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈapʃtɛlˌkamɐ]
Letters13
Frequency rank#68,959
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Abstellkammer“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „ableisten“ (#68,958), „Abteilungsleiterin“ (#68,960), „abwendet“ (#68,961). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Abstellkammer“ bei #68,959. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Abstellkammer is uncommon German at frequency #68,959 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈapʃtɛlˌkamɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein Raum, in dem man nur selten oder nicht verwendete Gegenstände aufbewahrt".

No misspelling variants are generated for Abstellkammer in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Abstellkammer, spelled A-B-S-T-E-L-L-K-A-M-M-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    ein Raum, in dem man nur selten oder nicht verwendete Gegenstände aufbewahrt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Die Abstellkammern sind bis zur Decke mit eisernen Schubladen gefüllt, randvoll mit Akten.“
  2. „Mittwochs und samstags wird immer geputzt. Die Männer holen morgens den Mopp aus der Abstellkammer, die Kinder werden zum Wischen eingeteilt.“

Synonyms

Abstellraum

This word in other languages

store room(English)trastero(Español)débarras(Français)

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 "Abstellkammer"?
"Abstellkammer" is spelled A-B-S-T-E-L-L-K-A-M-M-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈapʃtɛlˌkamɐ].
What does "Abstellkammer" mean?
As a noun, "Abstellkammer" means: ein Raum, in dem man nur selten oder nicht verwendete Gegenstände aufbewahrt
How do you pronounce "Abstellkammer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Abstellkammer" is [ˈapʃtɛlˌkamɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Abstellkammer" come from?
"Abstellkammer" 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 "Abstellkammer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

zurückreichen#68,926Zitronensäure#68,915ausgleichende#69,007Zentraleuropa#68,911

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list