an und für sich
[an ʊnt fyːɐ̯ zɪç]
The verdict
“an und für sich” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eigentlich, im Grunde
Corpus desk
Index DE-an-und-fur-sich · an und für sich · German
an und für sich · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 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 | an und für sich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [an ʊnt fyːɐ̯ zɪç] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „an und für sich“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
an und für sich is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [an ʊnt fyːɐ̯ zɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eigentlich, im Grunde".
an und für sich doesn't appear in our generated misspelling 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, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is an und für sich, spelled A-N- -U-N-D- -F-Ü-R- -S-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1eigentlich, im Grunde
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how an und für sich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das neue Verfahren bringt an und für sich keine Vorteile.
Synonyms
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.