Which to use
“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.
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?
In ordinary German text, does "angegebene" or "angegebenen" show up more?
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.