Abt.
[apˈtaɪ̯lʊŋ]
The verdict
“Abt.” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abteilung
Corpus desk
Index DE-abt · Abt. · German
Abt. · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Abt. |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| IPA | [apˈtaɪ̯lʊŋ] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Abt.“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Abt. is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anabbreviation, transcribed [apˈtaɪ̯lʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Abteilung".
Zero misspellings are on record for Abt. in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Abt., spelled A-B-T-..
Definition
- 1Abteilung
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Abt. appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„[…] AKH, Universitätsklinik für Frauenheilkunde, Abt. für Geburtshilfe und Gynäkologie Währinger Gürtel 18–20, A-1090 Wien“
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.