achteten

[ˈaxtətn̩]

/[ˈaxtətn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“achteten” is uncommon German (frequency #78,835 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,835
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs achten

Corpus desk

Index DE-achteten · achteten · German

achteten · rank #78,835 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,835
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Achselhöhle

Nearest frequency peer: Achselhöhle (-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 „achteten“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for achteten
PropertyValue
Headwordachteten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈaxtətn̩]
Letters8
Frequency rank#78,835
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „achteten“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).achtetenfällt 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: „Achselhöhle“ (#78,834), „abzukühlen“ (#78,833), „abstecken“ (#78,832). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „achteten“ bei #78,835. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

achteten is uncommon German at frequency #78,835 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈaxtətn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

achteten doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is achteten, spelled A-C-H-T-E-T-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs achten
  2. 2
    1. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs achten
  3. 3
    3. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs achten
  4. 4
    3. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs achten

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 "achteten"?
"achteten" is spelled A-C-H-T-E-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaxtətn̩].
What does "achteten" mean?
As a verb, "achteten" means: 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs achten
How do you pronounce "achteten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "achteten" is [ˈaxtətn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "achteten" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

animated#78,857Ölfarben#78,811ähnelten#78,809Zöliakie#78,807

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list