Abtritt
[ˈapˌtʁɪt]
The verdict
“Abtritt” is an uncommon German word, ranked #58,514 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #58,514
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Abtreten (in vielen Bedeutungen, zum Beispiel Einkehr bei der Reise, kurze Pause, Aufgabe eines Rechts oder Abkehr von einer Meinung)
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Abtritt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈapˌtʁɪt] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #58,514 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Abtritt” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Abtritt is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈapˌtʁɪt]. Corpus data places it at rank #58,514 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Abtritt, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Abtritt, spelled A-B-T-R-I-T-T.
Definition
- 1Abtreten (in vielen Bedeutungen, zum Beispiel Einkehr bei der Reise, kurze Pause, Aufgabe eines Rechts oder Abkehr von einer Meinung)
- 2Ausscheiden aus einem Amt oder Dienst
- 3Weggang von der Bühne
- 4für Toilette
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.
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Using “Abtritt”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-B-T-R-I-T-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈapˌtʁɪt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.