abträglich

[ˈapˌtʁɛːklɪç]

/[ˈapˌtʁɛːklɪç]/ adj

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The verdict

“abträglich” is uncommon German (frequency #63,086 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,086
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - für etwas (eine Sache) nachteilig, schädlich

Corpus desk

Index DE-abtraglich · abträglich · German

abträglich · rank #63,086 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,086
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Abstürze

Nearest frequency peer: Abstürze (-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 „abträglich“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for abträglich
PropertyValue
Headwordabträglich
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈapˌtʁɛːklɪç]
Letters10
Frequency rank#63,086
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „abträglich“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).abträglichfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Abstürze“ (#63,085), „Abzocker“ (#63,087), „absteigenden“ (#63,084). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „abträglich“ bei #63,086. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

abträglich is uncommon German at frequency #63,086 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈapˌtʁɛːklɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "für etwas (eine Sache) nachteilig, schädlich".

No misspelling variants are generated for abträglich in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is abträglich, spelled A-B-T-R-Ä-G-L-I-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    für etwas (eine Sache) nachteilig, schädlich

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Die Hitze ist meiner Leistungsfähigkeit abträglich.

This word in other languages

detrimental(English)perjudicial(Español)préjudiciable(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 "abträglich"?
"abträglich" is spelled A-B-T-R-Ä-G-L-I-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈapˌtʁɛːklɪç].
What does "abträglich" mean?
As an adjective, "abträglich" means: für etwas (eine Sache) nachteilig, schädlich
How do you pronounce "abträglich"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abträglich" is [ˈapˌtʁɛːklɪç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abträglich" come from?
"abträglich" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

abnehmende#63,080Abmagerung#63,079abgesandte#63,075abgedrängt#63,073

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list