abdanken
\ˈap.daŋ.kən\
The verdict
“abdanken” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abdiquer, démissionner.
Corpus desk
Index FR-abdanken · abdanken · French
abdanken · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" 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 | abdanken |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈap.daŋ.kən\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « abdanken » en français
Rare enough to double-check
abdanken is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈap.daŋ.kən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Abdiquer, démissionner.".
No misspelling variants are generated for abdanken in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is abdanken, spelled A-B-D-A-N-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1Abdiquer, démissionner.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how abdanken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Am Ende des Ersten Weltkrieges dankten etliche Kaiser ab.
Nach vielen Jahren auf dem Thron dankte der König zugunsten seines Sohnes ab.
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.