abschalten
\ˈapˌʃaltn̩\
The verdict
“abschalten” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Arrêter un moteur, éteindre un appareil, couper le courant électrique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-abschalten · abschalten · French
abschalten · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | abschalten |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈapˌʃaltn̩\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
abschalten is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈapˌʃaltn̩\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for abschalten, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is abschalten, spelled A-B-S-C-H-A-L-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1Arrêter un moteur, éteindre un appareil, couper le courant électrique.
- 2Se couper en parlant d'un courant électrique, d'une machine.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how abschalten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Union will die EEG-Umlage abschaffen, eine „fachliche Bestandsaufnahme“ zur erneuten Nutzung der abgeschalteten Atomkraftwerke durchführen, die Beheizung der Häuser wieder „technologieoffen“ gestalten (also weg von der Wärmepumpe) – und mehr Geld in die Erforschung der Kernfusion stecken.
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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.