angekommenvsangenommeneWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: angekommen is a unknown, angenommene is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“angekommen” is an unknown and “angenommene” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#2,530
“angekommen” frequency rank
#42,332
“angenommene” frequency rank
44862
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature angekommen angenommene
Definition Partizip Perfekt von ankommen Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs angenommen

Where the eye mixes angekommen and angenommene

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. angekommen runs 10 letters (VCCVCVCCVC) against angenommene's 11 (VCCVCVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
angekommen
11 ch
angenommene

Why the eye confuses angekommen with angenommene

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: angekommen is [ˈanɡəˌkɔmən] while angenommene is [ˈanɡəˌnɔmənə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (unknown vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44862, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

angekommen is recorded at frequency rank #2,530, classified as anunknown, pronounced [ˈanɡəˌkɔmən]. angenommene is at rank #42,332, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈanɡəˌnɔmənə].

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 44862, this pair ranks #1,372,278 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of angekommen vs angenommene

Shared letters: aegmno. Private to "angekommen": k. Private to "angenommene": -.

"angekommen" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCCVC  ·  "angenommene" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • angekommenagnekommen · anegkommen · angekkommen · angekmomen · angekomemn · angekomen · angekommenn · angekommne
  • angenommeneagnenommene · anegnommene · angenmomene · angennommene · angenomemne · angenomene · angenommeen · angenommnee

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "angekommen" and "angenommene" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "angekommen" is an unknown and "angenommene" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "angekommen" or "angenommene" show up more?
"angekommen" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,530 in our German list, against #42,332 for "angenommene". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "angekommen" and "angenommene" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "angekommen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "angenommene" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,372,278 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "angekommen" and "angenommene" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "angenommene vs angenommenen". 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 #1,372,278 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