acknowledge
[əkˈnɒlɪd͡ʒ]
The verdict
“acknowledge” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zugeben, dass man etwas weiß: anerkennen
Corpus desk
Index DE-acknowledge · acknowledge · German
acknowledge · 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 "A" 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 | acknowledge |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [əkˈnɒlɪd͡ʒ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „acknowledge“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
acknowledge is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [əkˈnɒlɪd͡ʒ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for acknowledge, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is acknowledge, spelled A-C-K-N-O-W-L-E-D-G-E.
Definition
- 1zugeben, dass man etwas weiß: anerkennen
- 2den Wahrheitsgehalt einer Aussage bejahen: bestätigen, quittieren
- 3eingestehen, zugeben
- 4jemanden nach seinem Verdienst anerkennen / würdigen; auszeichnen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how acknowledge appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The United States acknowledges that all Chinese on either side of the Taiwan Strait maintain there is but one China […]
Please acknowledge receipt of the package.
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.