abzufragen

[ˈapt͡suˌfʁaːɡn̩]

/[ˈapt͡suˌfʁaːɡn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“abzufragen” is uncommon German (frequency #87,360 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,360
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs abfragen

Corpus desk

Index DE-abzufragen · abzufragen · German

abzufragen · rank #87,360 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,360
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH abzeichnende

Nearest frequency peer: abzeichnende (-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 „abzufragen“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „abzufragen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for abzufragen
PropertyValue
Headwordabzufragen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈapt͡suˌfʁaːɡn̩]
Letters10
Frequency rank#87,360
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „abzufragen“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).abzufragenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „abzeichnende“ (#87,359), „abzurunden“ (#87,361), „absolutistischen“ (#87,358). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „abzufragen“ bei #87,360. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

abzufragen is uncommon German at frequency #87,360 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈapt͡suˌfʁaːɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs abfragen".

No generated misspelling entries exist for abzufragen in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 abzufragen, spelled A-B-Z-U-F-R-A-G-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs abfragen

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "abzufragen"?
"abzufragen" is spelled A-B-Z-U-F-R-A-G-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈapt͡suˌfʁaːɡn̩].
What does "abzufragen" mean?
As a verb, "abzufragen" means: erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs abfragen
How do you pronounce "abzufragen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abzufragen" is [ˈapt͡suˌfʁaːɡn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abzufragen" come from?
"abzufragen" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "abzufragen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

abzurunden#87,361abgerungen#87,351abgehobene#87,350zwitschert#87,327

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list