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“angegebene” and “angegebenen” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#15,814
“angegebene” frequency rank
#7,715
“angegebenen” frequency rank
23529
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature angegebene angegebenen
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs angegeben Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs angegeben

Where the eye mixes angegebene and angegebenen

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. angegebene runs 10 letters (VCCVCVCVCV) against angegebenen's 11 (VCCVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
angegebene
11 ch
angegebenen

Why the eye confuses angegebene with angegebenen

A purely visual mix-up. angegebene ([ˈanɡəˌɡeːbənə]) and angegebenen ([ˈanɡəˌɡeːbənən]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “angegebene” sits inside “angegebenen”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23529, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

angegebene is recorded at frequency rank #15,814, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈanɡəˌɡeːbənə]. angegebenen is at rank #7,715, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈanɡəˌɡeːbənən].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 23529, this pair ranks #1,860,109 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of angegebene vs angegebenen

Shared letters: abegn. Private to "angegebene": -. Private to "angegebenen": -.

"angegebene" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCVCV  ·  "angegebenen" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • angegebene ← agnegebene · aneggebene · angeegbene · angegbeene · angegebbene · angegebeen · angegebnee · angegeebne
  • angegebenen ← agnegebenen · aneggebenen · angeegbenen · angegbeenen · angegebbenen · angegebeenn · angegebenenn · angegebenne

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "angegebene" and "angegebenen" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈanɡəˌɡeːbənə] versus [ˈanɡəˌɡeːbənən]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "angegebene" or "angegebenen" show up more?
"angegebenen" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,715 in our German list, against #15,814 for "angegebene". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "angegebene" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "angegebenen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,860,109 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "angegebene" and "angegebenen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "abgegebene vs angegebene". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #1,860,109 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list