App.
The verdict
“App.” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - oft in Verbindung mit einer Nummer, Zahl für einen nummerierten technischen Apparat
Corpus desk
Index DE-app · App. · German
App. · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | App. |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „App.“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
App. is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anabbreviation. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for App. in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is App., spelled A-P-P-..
Definition
- 1oft in Verbindung mit einer Nummer, Zahl für einen nummerierten technischen Apparat
- 2Apparatur
- 3Appartement
- 4Appellativum
- 5Appendix
- 6Apposition
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.