abstrahieren

[ˌapstʁaˈhiːʁən]

/[ˌapstʁaˈhiːʁən]/ verb

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The verdict

“abstrahieren” is uncommon German (frequency #92,540 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,540
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - auf das Begriffliche zurückführen, das Allgemeine im Einzelnen erkennen und von ihm abheben, verallgemeinern, zum Begriff erheben

Corpus desk

Index DE-abstrahieren · abstrahieren · German

abstrahieren · rank #92,540 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,540
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH abstinent

Nearest frequency peer: abstinent (-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 „abstrahieren“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for abstrahieren
PropertyValue
Headwordabstrahieren
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˌapstʁaˈhiːʁən]
Letters12
Frequency rank#92,540
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „abstrahieren“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „abstinent“ (#92,539), „Abwasserentsorgung“ (#92,541), „absteigt“ (#92,538). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „abstrahieren“ bei #92,540. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

abstrahieren is uncommon German at frequency #92,540 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˌapstʁaˈhiːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for abstrahieren in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 abstrahieren, spelled A-B-S-T-R-A-H-I-E-R-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    auf das Begriffliche zurückführen, das Allgemeine im Einzelnen erkennen und von ihm abheben, verallgemeinern, zum Begriff erheben
  2. 2
    von etwas absehen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Begriffe, Konzepte, Modelle abstrahieren von den jeweils einzelnen Erscheinungen mit ihren individuellen Eigenschaften.
  2. Um den Überblick zu bewahren, ist es oft gut, von Details zu abstrahieren und sich auf die großen Linien zu konzentrieren.

Synonyms

generalisierenverallgemeinernabsehenvernachlässigen

Antonyms

konkretisierenberücksichtigeneinbeziehen

This word in other languages

abstract(English)abstraer(Español)abstraire(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 "abstrahieren"?
"abstrahieren" is spelled A-B-S-T-R-A-H-I-E-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌapstʁaˈhiːʁən].
What does "abstrahieren" mean?
As a verb, "abstrahieren" means: auf das Begriffliche zurückführen, das Allgemeine im Einzelnen erkennen und von ihm abheben, verallgemeinern, zum Begriff erheben
How do you pronounce "abstrahieren"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abstrahieren" is [ˌapstʁaˈhiːʁən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abstrahieren" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Aktenschrank#92,555angekommenen#92,570zugängliches#92,509Zierpflanzen#92,503

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list