pfiffen ab
[ˌp͡fɪfn̩ ˈap]
The verdict
“pfiffen ab” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Hauptsatzkonjugation des Verbs abpfeifen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pfiffen ab |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˌp͡fɪfn̩ ˈap] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pfiffen ab” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for pfiffen ab is 10 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌp͡fɪfn̩ ˈap]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for pfiffen ab in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is pfiffen ab, spelled P-F-I-F-F-E-N- -A-B, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 11. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Hauptsatzkonjugation des Verbs abpfeifen
- 21. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv der Hauptsatzkonjugation des Verbs abpfeifen
- 33. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Hauptsatzkonjugation des Verbs abpfeifen
- 43. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv der Hauptsatzkonjugation des Verbs abpfeifen
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.
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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is P-F-I-F-F-E-N- -A-B - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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