abstrafen
[ˈapˌʃtʁaːfn̩]
The verdict
“abstrafen” is uncommon German (frequency #88,608 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,608
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Strafe an jemandem vollziehen
Corpus desk
Index DE-abstrafen · abstrafen · German
abstrafen · rank #88,608 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,608
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Abstimmungser…
Nearest frequency peer: Abstimmungsergebnis (-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 „abstrafen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- abgestuften
abgestuften
11,396 corpus weight
- Abpraller
Abpraller
11,395 corpus weight
- Abstimmungs…
Abstimmungsergebnis
11,394 corpus weight
- abstrafen
abstrafen
11,393 corpus weight
- abzubiegen
abzubiegen
11,392 corpus weight
- abzukaufen
abzukaufen
11,391 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „abstrafen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abstrafen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈapˌʃtʁaːfn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #88,608 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „abstrafen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
abstrafen is uncommon German at frequency #88,608 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈapˌʃtʁaːfn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Strafe an jemandem vollziehen".
Zero misspellings are on record for abstrafen in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is abstrafen, spelled A-B-S-T-R-A-F-E-N.
Definition
- 1eine Strafe an jemandem vollziehen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how abstrafen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Smartphone-Hersteller bekommt die Konkurrenz immer stärker zu spüren und wurde für die enttäuschenden Quartalszahlen an der Börse gründlich abgestraft: Um mehr als 13 Prozent brachen die Palm-Papiere ein.
Jemandem wird etwas weggenommen und das kann für Parteien auch ins Auge gehen, denn der Betroffene wird dafür wenig Verständnis haben und die Verantwortlichen möglicherweise bei der nächsten Wahl entsprechend abstrafen.
This word in other languages
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.
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