abtippen

[ˈapˌtɪpn̩]

/[ˈapˌtɪpn̩]/ verb

The verdict

“abtippen” is uncommon German (frequency #82,447 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,447
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit einer Tastatur abschreiben

Corpus desk

Index DE-abtippen · abtippen · German

abtippen · rank #82,447 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #82,447
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH abschätzig

Nearest frequency peer: abschätzig (-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 „abtippen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for abtippen
PropertyValue
Headwordabtippen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈapˌtɪpn̩]
Letters8
Frequency rank#82,447
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „abtippen“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „abschätzig“ (#82,446), „Abtragung“ (#82,448), „abrupte“ (#82,445). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „abtippen“ bei #82,447. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

abtippen is uncommon German at frequency #82,447 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈapˌtɪpn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mit einer Tastatur abschreiben".

abtippen has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is abtippen, spelled A-B-T-I-P-P-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    mit einer Tastatur abschreiben

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Wer tippt das am schnellsten ab?

This word in other languages

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 "abtippen"?
"abtippen" is spelled A-B-T-I-P-P-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈapˌtɪpn̩].
What does "abtippen" mean?
As a verb, "abtippen" means: mit einer Tastatur abschreiben
How do you pronounce "abtippen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abtippen" is [ˈapˌtɪpn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abtippen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list