abwählen

[ˈapˌvɛːlən]

/[ˈapˌvɛːlən]/ verb

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The verdict

“abwählen” is uncommon German (frequency #53,433 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,433
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemanden durch eine Wahl aus dem Amt drängen

Corpus desk

Index DE-abwahlen · abwählen · German

abwählen · rank #53,433 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,433
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Absichtserklä…

Nearest frequency peer: Absichtserklärung (-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 „abwählen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for abwählen
PropertyValue
Headwordabwählen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈapˌvɛːlən]
Letters8
Frequency rank#53,433
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „abwählen“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Absichtserklärung“ (#53,432), „abzutreten“ (#53,434), „absetzbar“ (#53,431). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „abwählen“ bei #53,433. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

abwählen is uncommon German at frequency #53,433 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈapˌvɛːlən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for abwählen in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is abwählen, spelled A-B-W-Ä-H-L-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    jemanden durch eine Wahl aus dem Amt drängen
  2. 2
    sich dafür entscheiden, in einem bestimmten Fach nicht mehr unterrichtet zu werden, wenn man die Möglichkeit dazu hat

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Die Wähler haben den Bürgermeister nach nur einer Amtszeit abgewählt.
  2. In der Oberstufe habe ich Französisch und Physik abgewählt.

Antonyms

wählen

This word in other languages

vote out(English)destituir(Español)destituer(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 "abwählen"?
"abwählen" is spelled A-B-W-Ä-H-L-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈapˌvɛːlən].
What does "abwählen" mean?
As a verb, "abwählen" means: jemanden durch eine Wahl aus dem Amt drängen
How do you pronounce "abwählen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abwählen" is [ˈapˌvɛːlən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abwählen" come from?
"abwählen" 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 "abwählen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

acoustic#53,438Akzenten#53,448ältestes#53,415Ambition#53,456

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list