abwetzen
[ˈapˌvɛt͡sn̩]
The verdict
“abwetzen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Oberflächenstruktur von etwas, dadurch, dass es ständig gerieben wird, verändern
Corpus desk
Index DE-abwetzen · abwetzen · German
abwetzen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | abwetzen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈapˌvɛt͡sn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „abwetzen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
abwetzen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈapˌvɛt͡sn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Oberflächenstruktur von etwas, dadurch, dass es ständig gerieben wird, verändern".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for abwetzen, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is abwetzen, spelled A-B-W-E-T-Z-E-N.
Definition
- 1die Oberflächenstruktur von etwas, dadurch, dass es ständig gerieben wird, verändern
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how abwetzen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ideal sind ein bis zwei Naturäste, ein Kletterseil sowie eine im unteren Drittel des Käfigs angebrachte Sandstange, an der die Vögel beim Darüberlaufen die Krallen abwetzen.“
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.