abwälzen
[ˈapˌvɛlt͡sn̩]
The verdict
“abwälzen” is uncommon German (frequency #62,155 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,155
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas durch Wälzen von einer Stelle entfernen
Corpus desk
Index DE-abwalzen · abwälzen · German
abwälzen · rank #62,155 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,155
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH abwesenden
Nearest frequency peer: abwesenden (-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 „abwälzen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Abiturprüfu…
Abiturprüfung
37,849 corpus weight
- absenden
absenden
37,848 corpus weight
- abwesenden
abwesenden
37,847 corpus weight
- abwälzen
abwälzen
37,846 corpus weight
- Aceton
Aceton
37,845 corpus weight
- Ackerflächen
Ackerflächen
37,844 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „abwälzen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abwälzen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈapˌvɛlt͡sn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #62,155 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „abwälzen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
abwälzen is uncommon German at frequency #62,155 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈapˌvɛlt͡sn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for abwälzen, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is abwälzen, spelled A-B-W-Ä-L-Z-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas durch Wälzen von einer Stelle entfernen
- 2etwas Unangenehmes von sich auf andere abschieben
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how abwälzen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
»Und sie sprachen untereinander: Wer wälzt uns den Stein von des Grabes Tür? Und sie sahen dahin und wurden gewahr, daß der Stein abgewälzt war.«
Hierdurch werden die Steinchen und der Kies über den Herd abgewälzt, während der goldhaltige Sand zwischen den Drähten verbleibt.
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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