Which to use
“angenommen” is a verb and “angenommenen” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,956
- “angenommen” frequency rank
- #29,922
- “angenommenen” frequency rank
- 31878
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | angenommen | angenommenen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partizip Perfekt des Verbs annehmen | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs angenommen |
Where the eye mixes angenommen and angenommenen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. angenommen runs 10 letters (VCCVCVCCVC) against angenommenen's 12 (VCCVCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between angenommen and angenommenen
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: angenommen is [ˈanɡəˌnɔmən] while angenommenen is [ˈanɡəˌnɔmənən]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “angenommen” sits inside “angenommenen”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31878, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
angenommen is recorded at frequency rank #1,956, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈanɡəˌnɔmən]. angenommenen is at rank #29,922, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈanɡəˌnɔmənən].
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 31878, this pair ranks #1,719,203 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of angenommen vs angenommenen
Shared letters: aegmno. Private to "angenommen": -. Private to "angenommenen": -.
"angenommen" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCCVC · "angenommenen" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- angenommen ← agnenommen · anegnommen · angenmomen · angennommen · angenomemn · angenomen · angenommenn · angenommne
- angenommenen ← agnenommenen · anegnommenen · angenmomenen · angennommenen · angenomemnen · angenomenen · angenommeenn · angenommenenn
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "angenommen" and "angenommenen" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "angenommen" or "angenommenen" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "angenommen" and "angenommenen" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "angenommen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "angenommenen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,719,203 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "angenommen" and "angenommenen" 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 #1,719,203 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.