abzuschütteln

[ˈapt͡suˌʃʏtl̩n]

/[ˈapt͡suˌʃʏtl̩n]/ verb

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The verdict

“abzuschütteln” is uncommon German (frequency #64,941 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,941
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-abzuschutteln · abzuschütteln · German

abzuschütteln · rank #64,941 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,941
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH abzeichnenden

Nearest frequency peer: abzeichnenden (-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 „abzuschütteln“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for abzuschütteln
PropertyValue
Headwordabzuschütteln
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈapt͡suˌʃʏtl̩n]
Letters13
Frequency rank#64,941
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „abzuschütteln“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).abzuschüttelnfällt 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: „abzeichnenden“ (#64,940), „ACK“ (#64,942), „abweichender“ (#64,939). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „abzuschütteln“ bei #64,941. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

abzuschütteln is uncommon German at frequency #64,941 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈapt͡suˌʃʏtl̩n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs abschütteln".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for abzuschütteln, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is abzuschütteln, spelled A-B-Z-U-S-C-H-Ü-T-T-E-L-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs abschütteln

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

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

Same letter count

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

abzeichnenden#64,940abschreckende#64,937anzuschreiben#64,970Zahnheilkunde#64,893

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list