Abwaschlappen
[ˈapvaʃˌlapn̩]
The verdict
“Abwaschlappen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kleines Tuch aus saugfähigem Material zum Abspülen von Geschirr und Reinigung von Oberflächen (in der Küche)
Corpus desk
Index DE-abwaschlappen · Abwaschlappen · German
Abwaschlappen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Abwaschlappen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈapvaʃˌlapn̩] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Abwaschlappen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Abwaschlappen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈapvaʃˌlapn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kleines Tuch aus saugfähigem Material zum Abspülen von Geschirr und Reinigung von Oberflächen (in der Küche)".
Abwaschlappen has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Abwaschlappen, spelled A-B-W-A-S-C-H-L-A-P-P-E-N.
Definition
- 1kleines Tuch aus saugfähigem Material zum Abspülen von Geschirr und Reinigung von Oberflächen (in der Küche)
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Abwaschlappen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Nicht nur viel schöner, sondern auch umweltfreundlicher im Gebrauch sind Abwaschlappen aus Baumwolle in der Küche. Sie haben gleich zwei Vorteile: Sie geben kein Mikroplastik ins Abwasser und sind waschbar und damit wiederverwertbar.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.