abtragen
\ˈapˌtʁaːɡn̩\
The verdict
“abtragen” 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) - Déblayer (pour aplanir).
Corpus desk
Index FR-abtragen · abtragen · French
abtragen · 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 | abtragen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈapˌtʁaːɡn̩\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
abtragen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈapˌtʁaːɡn̩\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
abtragen has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 abtragen, spelled A-B-T-R-A-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1Déblayer (pour aplanir).
- 2User, porter (un vêtement jusqu'à ce qu'il soit cassé).
- 3Rembourser (une dette).
- 4Débarrasser la table.
- 5Tracer (une distance).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how abtragen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Auf dem Fabrikgelände sind Schmierstoffe ausgetreten, in der Folge mussten hunderte Kubikmeter kontaminiertes Erdreich abgetragen und entsorgt werden.
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.