abzusenken

[ˈapt͡suˌzɛŋkn̩]

/[ˈapt͡suˌzɛŋkn̩]/ verb

The verdict

“abzusenken” is uncommon German (frequency #96,613 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,613
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-abzusenken · abzusenken · German

abzusenken · rank #96,613 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #96,613
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH abzuladen

Nearest frequency peer: abzuladen (-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 „abzusenken“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for abzusenken
PropertyValue
Headwordabzusenken
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈapt͡suˌzɛŋkn̩]
Letters10
Frequency rank#96,613
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „abzusenken“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).abzusenkenfällt 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: „abzuladen“ (#96,612), „actors“ (#96,614), „abwesende“ (#96,611). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „abzusenken“ bei #96,613. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

abzusenken is uncommon German at frequency #96,613 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈapt͡suˌzɛŋkn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs absenken".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for abzusenken, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is abzusenken, spelled A-B-Z-U-S-E-N-K-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs absenken

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 "abzusenken"?
"abzusenken" is spelled A-B-Z-U-S-E-N-K-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈapt͡suˌzɛŋkn̩].
What does "abzusenken" mean?
As a verb, "abzusenken" means: erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs absenken
How do you pronounce "abzusenken"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abzusenken" is [ˈapt͡suˌzɛŋkn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abzusenken" come from?
"abzusenken" 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 "abzusenken", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list