abzusteigen

[ˈapt͡suˌʃtaɪ̯ɡn̩]

/[ˈapt͡suˌʃtaɪ̯ɡn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“abzusteigen” is uncommon German (frequency #86,136 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,136
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-abzusteigen · abzusteigen · German

abzusteigen · rank #86,136 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,136
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH abzukürzen

Nearest frequency peer: abzukürzen (-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 „abzusteigen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for abzusteigen
PropertyValue
Headwordabzusteigen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈapt͡suˌʃtaɪ̯ɡn̩]
Letters11
Frequency rank#86,136
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „abzusteigen“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „abzukürzen“ (#86,135), „Abzweigungen“ (#86,137), „abzugleichen“ (#86,134). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „abzusteigen“ bei #86,136. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

abzusteigen is uncommon German at frequency #86,136 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈapt͡suˌʃtaɪ̯ɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs absteigen".

No misspelling variants are generated for abzusteigen in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is abzusteigen, spelled A-B-Z-U-S-T-E-I-G-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs absteigen

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list