Personalabbau

[pɛʁzoˈnaːlʔapˌbaʊ̯]

/[pɛʁzoˈnaːlʔapˌbaʊ̯]/ noun

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The verdict

“Personalabbau” is uncommon German (frequency #85,684 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,684
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Streichung von Arbeitsplätzen in einem Unternehmen

Corpus desk

Index DE-personalabbau · Personalabbau · German

Personalabbau · rank #85,684 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,684
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Personenschüt…

Nearest frequency peer: Personenschützer (+2 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.

Long-tail ranks near “Personalabbau”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “Personalabbau” sits against similarly uncommon German ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Personalabbau
PropertyValue
HeadwordPersonalabbau
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[pɛʁzoˈnaːlʔapˌbaʊ̯]
Letters13
Frequency rank#85,684
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Wo “Personalabbau” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Personalabbauliegt hier:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. In derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite liegen „Personenschützer“ (#85,686), „pervertiert“ (#85,687), „pell“ (#85,680). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Personalabbau is uncommon German at frequency #85,684 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [pɛʁzoˈnaːlʔapˌbaʊ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Streichung von Arbeitsplätzen in einem Unternehmen".

Zero misspellings are on record for Personalabbau in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Personalabbau, spelled P-E-R-S-O-N-A-L-A-B-B-A-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Streichung von Arbeitsplätzen in einem Unternehmen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Personalabbau appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. In der Krise kann mit Personalabbau gerechnet werden.
  2. „Eng damit verbunden ist natürlich das Thema Personalabbau.“

Synonyms

PersonalfreisetzungStellenabbau

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 "Personalabbau"?
"Personalabbau" is spelled P-E-R-S-O-N-A-L-A-B-B-A-U. The IPA pronunciation is [pɛʁzoˈnaːlʔapˌbaʊ̯].
What does "Personalabbau" mean?
As a noun, "Personalabbau" means: die Streichung von Arbeitsplätzen in einem Unternehmen
How do you pronounce "Personalabbau"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Personalabbau" is [pɛʁzoˈnaːlʔapˌbaʊ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Personalabbau" come from?
"Personalabbau" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Patientenakte#85,676Platzverweise#85,694Problematiken#85,708Neugliederung#85,635

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list