fernbleiben
\ˈfɛʁnˌblaɪ̯bn̩\
The verdict
“fernbleiben” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ne pas venir, s'abstenir de prendre part à une activité, être absent.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fernbleiben · fernbleiben · French
fernbleiben · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" 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 | fernbleiben |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈfɛʁnˌblaɪ̯bn̩\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
fernbleiben is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈfɛʁnˌblaɪ̯bn̩\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ne pas venir, s'abstenir de prendre part à une activité, être absent.".
No misspelling variants are generated for fernbleiben in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is fernbleiben, spelled F-E-R-N-B-L-E-I-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1Ne pas venir, s'abstenir de prendre part à une activité, être absent.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fernbleiben appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dem geplanten Prozessauftakt am Montag war der angeklagte Autofahrer ferngeblieben und ließ sich wegen Kokain-Konsums in eine Klinik nach Rendsburg bringen.
Der belarussische Machthaber ist zum ersten Mal einer Staatsfeier ferngeblieben. (...) Eine Stellungnahme über Lukaschenkos Zustand aus dem Präsidentenamt in Minsk gab es bislang nicht.
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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.