abwandeln
[ˈapˌvandl̩n]
The verdict
“abwandeln” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine (nicht sehr große) Veränderung vornehmen
Corpus desk
Index DE-abwandeln · abwandeln · German
abwandeln · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abwandeln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈapˌvandl̩n] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „abwandeln“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
abwandeln is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈapˌvandl̩n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for abwandeln, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is abwandeln, spelled A-B-W-A-N-D-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1eine (nicht sehr große) Veränderung vornehmen
- 2Flexionsendungen hinzufügen, flektieren
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how abwandeln appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Grundstruktur etablierter Musikformen beruht auf der Möglichkeit, musikalisches Material zu wiederholen und abzuwandeln: Thema und Variation.“
Ein Zeitwort abzuwandeln nennt man konjugieren.
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.