abuse
[əˈbjuːz]
The verdict
“abuse” is uncommon German (frequency #64,002 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,002
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas über die Maßen benutzen: missbrauchen, misshandeln, malträtieren
Corpus desk
Index DE-abuse · abuse · German
abuse · rank #64,002 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,002
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH absuchen
Nearest frequency peer: absuchen (-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 „abuse“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- 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
- Abänderung
Abänderung
35,997 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „abuse“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abuse |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [əˈbjuːz] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #64,002 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „abuse“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
abuse is uncommon German at frequency #64,002 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [əˈbjuːz]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for abuse in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is abuse, spelled A-B-U-S-E.
Definition
- 1etwas über die Maßen benutzen: missbrauchen, misshandeln, malträtieren
- 2etwas in einer falschen Art und Weise benutzen
- 3beschimpfen, anpöbeln
- 4hintergehen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how abuse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The woman was abused.
"And when her sisters abused it as ugly, she added, with perfect unconcern, "Oh! but there were two or three much uglier in the shop; and when I have bought some prettier-coloured satin to trim it with fresh, I think it will be very tolerable."
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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