abzeichnen

/[ˈapˌt͡saɪ̯çnən]/ verb

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#59,403

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

abzeichnen is aGermanverb. It means: etwas oder jemanden nach einem Vorbild oder nach einer Vorlage zeichnen Pronounced [ˈapˌt͡saɪ̯çnən].

Key facts for abzeichnen
PropertyValue
Headwordabzeichnen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈapˌt͡saɪ̯çnən]
Letters10
Frequency rank#59,403
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of abzeichnen in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for abzeichnen is 10 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈapˌt͡saɪ̯çnən]. Corpus data places it at rank #59,403 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for abzeichnen in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is abzeichnen, spelled A-B-Z-E-I-C-H-N-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas oder jemanden nach einem Vorbild oder nach einer Vorlage zeichnen
  2. 2
    ein Schriftstück mit seinem Namenszug (Paraphe) versehen
  3. 3
    sichtbar werden
  4. 4
    etwas deutet sich an
  5. 5
    sich deutlich gegen einen Hintergrund abheben

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Frequency rank: #59,403 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "abzeichnen"?
"abzeichnen" is spelled A-B-Z-E-I-C-H-N-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈapˌt͡saɪ̯çnən].
What does "abzeichnen" mean?
As a verb, "abzeichnen" means: etwas oder jemanden nach einem Vorbild oder nach einer Vorlage zeichnen
How do you pronounce "abzeichnen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abzeichnen" is [ˈapˌt͡saɪ̯çnən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abzeichnen" come from?
"abzeichnen" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.