ahnten

[ˈaːntn̩]

/[ˈaːntn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“ahnten” is uncommon German (frequency #52,633 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,633
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-ahnten · ahnten · German

ahnten · rank #52,633 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,633
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Agora

Nearest frequency peer: Agora (-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 „ahnten“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ahnten
PropertyValue
Headwordahnten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈaːntn̩]
Letters6
Frequency rank#52,633
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „ahnten“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).ahntenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Agora“ (#52,632), „aktiviere“ (#52,634), „AFC“ (#52,631). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „ahnten“ bei #52,633. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ahnten is uncommon German at frequency #52,633 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈaːntn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ahnten, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is ahnten, spelled A-H-N-T-E-N.

Definition

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

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 "ahnten"?
"ahnten" is spelled A-H-N-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaːntn̩].
What does "ahnten" mean?
As a verb, "ahnten" means: 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs ahnen
How do you pronounce "ahnten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ahnten" is [ˈaːntn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ahnten" come from?
"ahnten" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list