Absturzstelle

[ˈapʃtʊʁt͡sˌʃtɛlə]

/[ˈapʃtʊʁt͡sˌʃtɛlə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Absturzstelle” is uncommon German (frequency #65,950 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,950
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ort, an der ein Luftfahrzeug abgestürzt ist

Corpus desk

Index DE-absturzstelle · Absturzstelle · German

Absturzstelle · rank #65,950 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,950
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH abstrus

Nearest frequency peer: abstrus (-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 „Absturzstelle“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Absturzstelle
PropertyValue
HeadwordAbsturzstelle
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈapʃtʊʁt͡sˌʃtɛlə]
Letters13
Frequency rank#65,950
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Absturzstelle“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „abstrus“ (#65,949), „abstützen“ (#65,951), „Ackerfläche“ (#65,953). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Absturzstelle“ bei #65,950. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Absturzstelle is uncommon German at frequency #65,950 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈapʃtʊʁt͡sˌʃtɛlə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ort, an der ein Luftfahrzeug abgestürzt ist".

Zero misspellings are on record for Absturzstelle in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

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 Absturzstelle, spelled A-B-S-T-U-R-Z-S-T-E-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ort, an der ein Luftfahrzeug abgestürzt ist

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Der WDR berichtete, dass sich die Absturzstelle laut Augenzeugen 80 Meter neben einem Wohnhaus befindet.“

This word in other languages

point de chute(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 "Absturzstelle"?
"Absturzstelle" is spelled A-B-S-T-U-R-Z-S-T-E-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈapʃtʊʁt͡sˌʃtɛlə].
What does "Absturzstelle" mean?
As a noun, "Absturzstelle" means: Ort, an der ein Luftfahrzeug abgestürzt ist
How do you pronounce "Absturzstelle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Absturzstelle" is [ˈapʃtʊʁt͡sˌʃtɛlə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Absturzstelle" come from?
"Absturzstelle" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Amtsvorgänger#65,970Zukunftspläne#65,922Ansichtskarte#65,982argumentative#65,989

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list