abzutreten

[ˈapt͡suˌtʁeːtn̩]

/[ˈapt͡suˌtʁeːtn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“abzutreten” is uncommon German (frequency #53,434 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,434
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-abzutreten · abzutreten · German

abzutreten · rank #53,434 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,434
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH abwählen

Nearest frequency peer: abwählen (-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 „abzutreten“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for abzutreten
PropertyValue
Headwordabzutreten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈapt͡suˌtʁeːtn̩]
Letters10
Frequency rank#53,434
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „abzutreten“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „abwählen“ (#53,433), „Absichtserklärung“ (#53,432), „accounting“ (#53,436). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „abzutreten“ bei #53,434. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

abzutreten is uncommon German at frequency #53,434 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈapt͡suˌtʁeːtn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs abtreten".

No misspelling variants are generated for abzutreten in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is abzutreten, spelled A-B-Z-U-T-R-E-T-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs abtreten

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 "abzutreten"?
"abzutreten" is spelled A-B-Z-U-T-R-E-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈapt͡suˌtʁeːtn̩].
What does "abzutreten" mean?
As a verb, "abzutreten" means: erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs abtreten
How do you pronounce "abzutreten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abzutreten" is [ˈapt͡suˌtʁeːtn̩]. 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 "abzutreten", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

accounting#53,436überstürzt#53,422überschlug#53,421Überlebens#53,420

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list