abwinken
[ˈapˌvɪŋkn̩]
The verdict
“abwinken” is uncommon German (frequency #66,941 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,941
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - durch Handzeichen oder Kopfbewegung etwas zurückweisen oder seine Ablehnung kundtun
Corpus desk
Index DE-abwinken · abwinken · German
abwinken · rank #66,941 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,941
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Abstrichen
Nearest frequency peer: Abstrichen (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „abwinken“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Abschleppdi…
Abschleppdienst
33,063 corpus weight
- absehbaren
absehbaren
33,062 corpus weight
- Abstrichen
Abstrichen
33,061 corpus weight
- abwinken
abwinken
33,060 corpus weight
- Abwärtsspir…
Abwärtsspirale
33,059 corpus weight
- abzuklären
abzuklären
33,058 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „abwinken“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abwinken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈapˌvɪŋkn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #66,941 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „abwinken“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
abwinken is uncommon German at frequency #66,941 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈapˌvɪŋkn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "durch Handzeichen oder Kopfbewegung etwas zurückweisen oder seine Ablehnung kundtun".
No misspelling variants are generated for abwinken in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is abwinken, spelled A-B-W-I-N-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1durch Handzeichen oder Kopfbewegung etwas zurückweisen oder seine Ablehnung kundtun
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how abwinken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Als ich ihr vorschlug, einen Kaffee mit mir zu trinken, hat sie dankend abgewinkt.
„Sie bot ihnen etwas zu trinken an. Die Cousinen winkten ab.“
Synonyms
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); 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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