ACAB
The verdict
“ACAB” is uncommon German (frequency #55,919 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,919
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Parole zur Abwertung oder Beleidigung von Polizeibeamten
Corpus desk
Index DE-acab · ACAB · German
ACAB · rank #55,919 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,919
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH abzuschrecken
Nearest frequency peer: abzuschrecken (-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 „ACAB“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- abstellt
abstellt
44,085 corpus weight
- Abwärtstrend
Abwärtstrend
44,084 corpus weight
- abzuschreck…
abzuschrecken
44,083 corpus weight
- ACAB
ACAB
44,082 corpus weight
- academia
academia
44,081 corpus weight
- achtjährigen
achtjährigen
44,080 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „ACAB“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ACAB |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #55,919 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „ACAB“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
ACAB is uncommon German at frequency #55,919 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anabbreviation. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for ACAB in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is ACAB, spelled A-C-A-B.
Definition
- 1Parole zur Abwertung oder Beleidigung von Polizeibeamten
- 2Slogan einer Werbekampagne der deutschen Bundespolizei
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ACAB appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
An der Lärmschutzwand der A40 stand in silberfarbenen Lettern «ACAB».
„Zwischen dem linken Schlachtruf ‚All Cops Are Bastards‘ (ACAB) und dem Neuköllner ‚Wir f*cken Eure Straßen‘ scheint mir kein qualitativer Unterschied zu bestehen.“
This word in other languages
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.
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