abwerten
[ˈapˌveːɐ̯tn̩]
The verdict
“abwerten” is an uncommon German word, ranked #72,111 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #72,111
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - etwas in seinem Wert herabsetzen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abwerten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈapˌveːɐ̯tn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #72,111 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “abwerten” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for abwerten is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈapˌveːɐ̯tn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #72,111 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for abwerten, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is abwerten, spelled A-B-W-E-R-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas in seinem Wert herabsetzen
- 2etwas in seinem Ansehen, seiner Bedeutung vermindern
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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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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-B-W-E-R-T-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.