Anapäst
German, noun/anaˈpɛːst/
Anapäst is spelled A-N-A-P-Ä-S-T (7 letters) and appears about once in every 95 million words in written German, the 618,004th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anapäst is a German masculine noun meaning “anapest” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “dreiteiliger, „aus zwei Kürzen und einer Länge […] bestehender Versfuß“: kurz – kurz – lang”.
What does Anapäst mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineanapest
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. dreiteiliger, „aus zwei Kürzen und einer Länge […] bestehender Versfuß“: kurz – kurz – lang 2. „im Versmaß des Anapästs^([1]) verfasstes Spottgedicht“
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Anapäst
- Anapästes genitive
- Anapästs genitive
- Anapäste plural
- Anapästen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Anapäst?
- /anaˈpɛːst/
- [anaˈpɛːst]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Anapäst in German?
Anapäst appears about once in every 95 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).