absuchen
[ˈapˌzuːxn̩]
The verdict
“absuchen” is uncommon German (frequency #64,001 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,001
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in einem bestimmten Bereich gezielt nach etwas suchen
Corpus desk
Index DE-absuchen · absuchen · German
absuchen · rank #64,001 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,001
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH abstürzte
Nearest frequency peer: abstürzte (-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 „absuchen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Abstrich
Abstrich
36,003 corpus weight
- Absturzes
Absturzes
36,002 corpus weight
- abstürzte
abstürzte
36,001 corpus weight
- absuchen
absuchen
36,000 corpus weight
- abuse
abuse
35,999 corpus weight
- abzuweichen
abzuweichen
35,998 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „absuchen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | absuchen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈapˌzuːxn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #64,001 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „absuchen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
absuchen is uncommon German at frequency #64,001 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈapˌzuːxn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for absuchen in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is absuchen, spelled A-B-S-U-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1in einem bestimmten Bereich gezielt nach etwas suchen
- 2etwas nach gründlicher Kontrolle/Suche entfernen (Läuse, Raupen, Schädlinge …)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how absuchen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Nach Angaben von Pistorius sollte noch am Donnerstag ein Hubschrauber mit einer Wärmebildkamera das Gelände absuchen.“
„Der Gedenkort Klinkerwerk ist von der Absuche ausgenommen, dieser Bereich wurde bereits vor seiner Errichtung nach Kampfmitteln abgesucht.“
Synonyms
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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