abreißen

\apˌʁaɪ̯sn̩\

/\apˌʁaɪ̯sn̩\/ verb

The verdict

“abreißen” 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) - Arracher.

Corpus desk

Index FR-abrei-en · abreißen · French

abreißen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 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.

Key facts for abreißen
PropertyValue
Headwordabreißen
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\apˌʁaɪ̯sn̩\
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « abreißen » en français

abreißenreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

abreißen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \apˌʁaɪ̯sn̩\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for abreißen, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is abreißen, spelled A-B-R-E-I-S-S-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Arracher.
  2. 2
    Démolir, ravager.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Wenn du das Pflaster zu kräftig abreißt, öffnet sich die Wunde vielleicht wieder.
  2. Das konstruktivistische Betongebäude (...) blickt auf das, was einstmals der imposante Hauptbahnhof war und nun ein Chaos aus Steinen, Ziegeln und Metall ist, umgeben von einem Bretterzaun, den zu besteigen verboten ist, denn in dem Schutt dahinter liegen außer Kadavern von deutschen Soldaten auch Minen und Handgranaten: Einem kleinen Jungen wurde bereits…

Synonyms

herunterreißenabszindierendurchreißenabbrechen

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "abreißen"?
"abreißen" is spelled A-B-R-E-I-SS-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is \apˌʁaɪ̯sn̩\.
What does "abreißen" mean?
As a verb, "abreißen" means: Arracher.
How do you pronounce "abreißen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abreißen" is \apˌʁaɪ̯sn̩\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abreißen" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list