Urabstimmung

[ˈuːɐ̯ʔapˌʃtɪmʊŋ]

/[ˈuːɐ̯ʔapˌʃtɪmʊŋ]/ noun

The verdict

“Urabstimmung” is uncommon German (frequency #96,424 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,424
frequency rank, German
2,159
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine geheime Abgabe von Stimmen der Mitglieder einer Gewerkschaft, um über Beginn oder Ende eines Streiks zu entscheiden

Corpus desk

Index DE-urabstimmung · Urabstimmung · German

Urabstimmung · rank #96,424 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #96,424
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,159
  • PHOTO-FINISH unumstrittene

Nearest frequency peer: unumstrittene (-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 „Urabstimmung“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Urabstimmung
PropertyValue
HeadwordUrabstimmung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈuːɐ̯ʔapˌʃtɪmʊŋ]
Letters12
Frequency rank#96,424
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Urabstimmung“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Urabstimmungfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „unumstrittene“ (#96,423), „Unterweisungen“ (#96,422), „vampires“ (#96,426). Unter 2,159 „U“-Lemmata liegt „Urabstimmung“ bei #96,424. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Urabstimmung is uncommon German at frequency #96,424 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈuːɐ̯ʔapˌʃtɪmʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Urabstimmung, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Urabstimmung, spelled U-R-A-B-S-T-I-M-M-U-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine geheime Abgabe von Stimmen der Mitglieder einer Gewerkschaft, um über Beginn oder Ende eines Streiks zu entscheiden
  2. 2
    eine schriftlich Umfrage, hauptsächlich in Vereinen

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Gewerkschaftsmitglieder hatten sich in einer Urabstimmung für ein solches Vorgehen ausgesprochen.“

This word in other languages

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 "Urabstimmung"?
"Urabstimmung" is spelled U-R-A-B-S-T-I-M-M-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈuːɐ̯ʔapˌʃtɪmʊŋ].
What does "Urabstimmung" mean?
As a noun, "Urabstimmung" means: eine geheime Abgabe von Stimmen der Mitglieder einer Gewerkschaft, um über Beginn oder Ende eines Streiks zu entscheiden
How do you pronounce "Urabstimmung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Urabstimmung" is [ˈuːɐ̯ʔapˌʃtɪmʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Urabstimmung" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list