abstrakt

/[apˈstʁakt]/ adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#17,491

in German word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

abstrakt is anGermanadj. It means: vom Besonderen oder Gegenständlichen losgelöst; verallgemeinert Pronounced [apˈstʁakt]. Often confused with abstrakte and abstrakten.

Key facts for abstrakt
PropertyValue
Headwordabstrakt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[apˈstʁakt]
Letters8
Frequency rank#17,491
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of abstrakt in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for abstrakt is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [apˈstʁakt]. Corpus data places it at rank #17,491 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for abstrakt, with forms such as "abbstrakt", "absrtakt", and "absstrakt". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "abstrakte", "abstrakten", "abstrakter", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is abstrakt, spelled A-B-S-T-R-A-K-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    vom Besonderen oder Gegenständlichen losgelöst; verallgemeinert
  2. 2
    seinen Rechtsgrund nicht in sich tragend (mit der Folge, dass die Wirksamkeit durch einen fehlenden Rechtsgrund nicht beeinflusst wird)
  3. 3
    nicht-objektiv, nicht figurativ, nicht gegenständlich, keine erkennbaren Objekte oder Szenen darstellend

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: abbstrakt,absrtakt,absstrakt,abstarkt,abstrakkt,abstraktt,abstratk,abstrkat,abstrrakt,absttrakt,abtsrakt,asbtrakt,bastrakt

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for abstrakt

Misspelling Variants of "abstrakt"

abbstrakt9absrtakt8absstrakt9abstarkt8abstrakkt9abstraktt9abstratk8abstrkat8
Misspelling Variants of "abstrakt"

Frequency rank: #17,491 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "abstrakt"?
"abstrakt" is spelled A-B-S-T-R-A-K-T. The IPA pronunciation is [apˈstʁakt].
What does "abstrakt" mean?
As an adj, "abstrakt" means: vom Besonderen oder Gegenständlichen losgelöst; verallgemeinert
What words are commonly confused with "abstrakt"?
"abstrakt" is commonly confused with "abstrakte", "abstrakten", "abstrakter". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "abstrakt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abstrakt" is [apˈstʁakt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abstrakt" come from?
"abstrakt" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.