abstreifen

/[ˈapˌʃtʁaɪ̯fn̩]/ verb

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#83,621

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

abstreifen is aGermanverb. It means: etwas von irgendwo mit einer gleichmäßigen Bewegung ablösen (Kleidungsstücke vom Körper, Beeren von den Stielen, Schmutz von einer Oberfläche oder Ähnliches) Pronounced [ˈapˌʃtʁaɪ̯fn̩].

Key facts for abstreifen
PropertyValue
Headwordabstreifen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈapˌʃtʁaɪ̯fn̩]
Letters10
Frequency rank#83,621
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for abstreifen is 10 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈapˌʃtʁaɪ̯fn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #83,621 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for abstreifen in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 abstreifen, spelled A-B-S-T-R-E-I-F-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas von irgendwo mit einer gleichmäßigen Bewegung ablösen (Kleidungsstücke vom Körper, Beeren von den Stielen, Schmutz von einer Oberfläche oder Ähnliches)
  2. 2
    sich von etwas befreien, lösen (zum Beispiel von einem bestimmten Image, von einem Vorurteil oder einer Last)
  3. 3
    mehr oder weniger systematisch ein Gebiet begehen, absuchen
  4. 4
    seine Schuhsohlen an einem Fußabtreter, Gitterrost reinigen
  5. 5
    von einer eingeschlagenen Richtung etwas abweichen (ohne konkretes Ziel)

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #83,621 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "abstreifen"?
"abstreifen" is spelled A-B-S-T-R-E-I-F-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈapˌʃtʁaɪ̯fn̩].
What does "abstreifen" mean?
As a verb, "abstreifen" means: etwas von irgendwo mit einer gleichmäßigen Bewegung ablösen (Kleidungsstücke vom Körper, Beeren von den Stielen, Schmutz von einer Oberfläche oder Ähnliches)
How do you pronounce "abstreifen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abstreifen" is [ˈapˌʃtʁaɪ̯fn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abstreifen" come from?
"abstreifen" 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.