abzuschreiben

[ˈapt͡suˌʃʁaɪ̯bn̩]

/[ˈapt͡suˌʃʁaɪ̯bn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“abzuschreiben” is uncommon German (frequency #61,249 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,249
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-abzuschreiben · abzuschreiben · German

abzuschreiben · rank #61,249 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,249
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH abzocken

Nearest frequency peer: abzocken (-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 „abzuschreiben“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for abzuschreiben
PropertyValue
Headwordabzuschreiben
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈapt͡suˌʃʁaɪ̯bn̩]
Letters13
Frequency rank#61,249
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „abzuschreiben“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.abzuschreibenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „abzocken“ (#61,248), „achtern“ (#61,250), „abzeichnete“ (#61,247). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „abzuschreiben“ bei #61,249. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

abzuschreiben is uncommon German at frequency #61,249 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈapt͡suˌʃʁaɪ̯bn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs abschreiben".

No generated misspelling entries exist for abzuschreiben in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

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 abzuschreiben, spelled A-B-Z-U-S-C-H-R-E-I-B-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs abschreiben

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 "abzuschreiben"?
"abzuschreiben" is spelled A-B-Z-U-S-C-H-R-E-I-B-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈapt͡suˌʃʁaɪ̯bn̩].
What does "abzuschreiben" mean?
As a verb, "abzuschreiben" means: erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs abschreiben
How do you pronounce "abzuschreiben"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abzuschreiben" is [ˈapt͡suˌʃʁaɪ̯bn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abzuschreiben" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Allgemeinwohl#61,261alphabetische#61,263zurückfordern#61,222audiovisuelle#61,295

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list