Abzügen
[ˈapˌt͡syːɡn̩]
The verdict
“Abzügen” is uncommon German (frequency #86,138 among 113,935 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,138
- frequency rank, German
- 113,935
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dativ Plural des Substantivs Abzug
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Abzügen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈapˌt͡syːɡn̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #86,138 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Abzügen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Abzügen is uncommon German at frequency #86,138 among 113,935 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈapˌt͡syːɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dativ Plural des Substantivs Abzug".
Abzügen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Abzügen, spelled A-B-Z-Ü-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1Dativ Plural des Substantivs Abzug
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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Using “Abzügen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-B-Z-Ü-G-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.