guten Abend
[ˌɡuːtən ˈaːbənt]
The verdict
“guten Abend” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der Abendgruß; die Begrüßung am späten Tag
Corpus desk
Index DE-guten-abend · guten Abend · German
guten Abend · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" 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 | guten Abend |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˌɡuːtən ˈaːbənt] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „guten Abend“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
guten Abend is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ˌɡuːtən ˈaːbənt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "der Abendgruß; die Begrüßung am späten Tag".
No misspelling variants are generated for guten Abend in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 guten Abend, spelled G-U-T-E-N- -A-B-E-N-D.
Definition
- 1der Abendgruß; die Begrüßung am späten Tag
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how guten Abend appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Guten Abend, meine Damen und Herren.
This word in other languages
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