schaben

[ˈʃaːbn̩]

/[ˈʃaːbn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“schaben” is uncommon German (frequency #53,207 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,207
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mithilfe eines scharfen Geräts etwas von einer Oberfläche abtrennen, entfernen, indem man wiederholt darüberstreicht

Corpus desk

Index DE-schaben · schaben · German

schaben · rank #53,207 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,207
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH sanitäre

Nearest frequency peer: sanitäre (-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 „schaben“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for schaben
PropertyValue
Headwordschaben
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈʃaːbn̩]
Letters7
Frequency rank#53,207
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „schaben“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.schabenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „sanitäre“ (#53,206), „Scharte“ (#53,208), „Sanitäranlagen“ (#53,205). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „schaben“ bei #53,207. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

schaben is uncommon German at frequency #53,207 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃaːbn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for schaben in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is schaben, spelled S-C-H-A-B-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    mithilfe eines scharfen Geräts etwas von einer Oberfläche abtrennen, entfernen, indem man wiederholt darüberstreicht
  2. 2
    sich kratzen, sich scheuern
  3. 3
    auf einer Oberfläche kratzen, scheuern
  4. 4
    sich rasieren

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Es ist besser, die Schale zu schaben.
  2. Die Magd schabt über einem der Eimer die Essensreste von einem Holzteller.

This word in other languages

scrape(English)chiflar(Español)érafler(Français)

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 "schaben"?
"schaben" is spelled S-C-H-A-B-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃaːbn̩].
What does "schaben" mean?
As a verb, "schaben" means: mithilfe eines scharfen Geräts etwas von einer Oberfläche abtrennen, entfernen, indem man wiederholt darüberstreicht
How do you pronounce "schaben"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "schaben" is [ˈʃaːbn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "schaben" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Scharte#53,208schmolz#53,214Romulus#53,196schubst#53,218

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list