abwerben
[ˈapˌvɛʁbn̩]
The verdict
“abwerben” is uncommon German (frequency #91,242 among 113,935 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,242
- frequency rank, German
- 113,935
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine Person aus einem anderen Arbeitsverhältnis herausholen und selbst beschäftigen
Corpus desk
Index DE-abwerben · abwerben · German
abwerben · rank #91,242 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,242
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 113,935
- PHOTO-FINISH abzustreiten
Nearest frequency peer: abzustreiten (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “abwerben”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- ability
ability
8,763 corpus weight
- abkoppeln
abkoppeln
8,762 corpus weight
- Abteien
Abteien
8,761 corpus weight
- abwerben
abwerben
8,759 corpus weight
- abzustreiten
abzustreiten
8,758 corpus weight
- Acrylfarben
Acrylfarben
8,757 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “abwerben” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abwerben |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈapˌvɛʁbn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #91,242 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “abwerben” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
abwerben is uncommon German at frequency #91,242 among 113,935 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈapˌvɛʁbn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Person aus einem anderen Arbeitsverhältnis herausholen und selbst beschäftigen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for abwerben, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is abwerben, spelled A-B-W-E-R-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1eine Person aus einem anderen Arbeitsverhältnis herausholen und selbst beschäftigen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how abwerben appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Man hat mir meine besten Leute abgeworben.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.