Abstoßung
[ˈapˌʃtoːsʊŋ]
The verdict
“Abstoßung” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das Wegstoßen, Wegschieben oder Wegdrücken
Corpus desk
Index DE-absto-ung · Abstoßung · German
Abstoßung · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Abstoßung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈapˌʃtoːsʊŋ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Abstoßung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Abstoßung is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈapˌʃtoːsʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "das Wegstoßen, Wegschieben oder Wegdrücken".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Abstoßung in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. 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.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 Abstoßung, spelled A-B-S-T-O-S-S-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1das Wegstoßen, Wegschieben oder Wegdrücken
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Abstoßung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Coulomb konstruierte 1785 seine Drehwage, durch welche er in den Stand gesetzt wurde, die Abstoßung elektrisierter Körper zu messen.“
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.