anaerob
[ˌanʔaeˈʁoːp]
The verdict
“anaerob” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ohne Sauerstoff lebend
Corpus desk
Index DE-anaerob · anaerob · German
anaerob · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | anaerob |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˌanʔaeˈʁoːp] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „anaerob“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
anaerob is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˌanʔaeˈʁoːp]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ohne Sauerstoff lebend".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for anaerob, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 anaerob, spelled A-N-A-E-R-O-B.
Definition
- 1ohne Sauerstoff lebend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how anaerob appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Es gibt nicht nur aerobe, sondern auch anaerobe Lebewesen.
Ausdauersportler trainieren selten im anaeroben Bereich.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
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.