Anastasius

[ˌanasˈtaːzi̯ʊs]

/[ˌanasˈtaːzi̯ʊs]/ name

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The verdict

“Anastasius” is uncommon German (frequency #95,236 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,236
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - männlicher Vorname

Corpus desk

Index DE-anastasius · Anastasius · German

Anastasius · rank #95,236 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #95,236
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH anatolischen

Nearest frequency peer: anatolischen (+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 „Anastasius“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Anastasius
PropertyValue
HeadwordAnastasius
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˌanasˈtaːzi̯ʊs]
Letters10
Frequency rank#95,236
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Anastasius“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „anatolischen“ (#95,237), „anderweitiger“ (#95,238), „Amerikanistik“ (#95,233). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Anastasius“ bei #95,236. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Anastasius is uncommon German at frequency #95,236 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˌanasˈtaːzi̯ʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "männlicher Vorname".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Anastasius in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

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 Anastasius, spelled A-N-A-S-T-A-S-I-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    männlicher Vorname

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Anastasius appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Im Gegensatz zu Theo, der ständig auf Reisen ist, verbringt Anastasius seine Zeit lieber im trauten Heim.

This word in other languages

Anastasius(English)

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 "Anastasius"?
"Anastasius" is spelled A-N-A-S-T-A-S-I-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌanasˈtaːzi̯ʊs].
What does "Anastasius" mean?
As a proper noun, "Anastasius" means: männlicher Vorname
How do you pronounce "Anastasius"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Anastasius" is [ˌanasˈtaːzi̯ʊs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Anastasius" come from?
"Anastasius" 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 "Anastasius", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

angelehnte#95,240agierender#95,218anzufeuern#95,257anzufragen#95,258

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list