affect
[əfekt]
The verdict
“affect” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - lieben, eine Vorliebe haben für, neigen zu, bevorzugen
Corpus desk
Index DE-affect · affect · German
affect · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | affect |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [əfekt] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „affect“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
affect is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [əfekt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for affect in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is affect, spelled A-F-F-E-C-T.
Definition
- 1lieben, eine Vorliebe haben für, neigen zu, bevorzugen
- 2zur Schau tragen, erkünsteln, nachahmen
- 3vortäuschen
- 4bewohnen, vorkommen in
- 5betreffen
- 6einwirken, sich auswirken, beeinflussen, beeinträchtigen, in Mitleidenschaft ziehen, affizieren, angreifen, befallen
- 7bewegen, rühren, ergreifen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how affect appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He affects an Oxford accent.
That doesn't affect me.
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.