ähnelten

[ˈɛːnl̩tn̩]

/[ˈɛːnl̩tn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“ähnelten” is uncommon German (frequency #78,809 among 75 “Ä” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,809
frequency rank, German
75
“Ä” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs ähneln

Corpus desk

Index DE-ahnelten · ähnelten · German

ähnelten · rank #78,809 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,809
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 75
  • PHOTO-FINISH ächzen

Nearest frequency peer: ächzen (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „ähnelten“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „ähnelten“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ähnelten
PropertyValue
Headwordähnelten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈɛːnl̩tn̩]
Letters8
Frequency rank#78,809
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „ähnelten“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).ähneltenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „ächzen“ (#78,808), „Zöliakie“ (#78,807), „Ölfarben“ (#78,811). Unter 75 „Ä“-Lemmata liegt „ähnelten“ bei #78,809. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ähnelten is uncommon German at frequency #78,809 among 75 “Ä” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈɛːnl̩tn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for ähnelten in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is ähnelten, spelled Ä-H-N-E-L-T-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs ähneln
  2. 2
    1. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs ähneln
  3. 3
    3. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs ähneln
  4. 4
    3. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs ähneln

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ähnelten"?
"ähnelten" is spelled Ä-H-N-E-L-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɛːnl̩tn̩].
What does "ähnelten" mean?
As a verb, "ähnelten" means: 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs ähneln
How do you pronounce "ähnelten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ähnelten" is [ˈɛːnl̩tn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ähnelten" come from?
"ähnelten" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ähnelten", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Ölfarben#78,811Zöliakie#78,807Zweifels#78,805zerhackt#78,787

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list