anbahnen
[ˈanˌbaːnən]
The verdict
“anbahnen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas deutet sich an
Corpus desk
Index DE-anbahnen · anbahnen · German
anbahnen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | anbahnen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈanˌbaːnən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „anbahnen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
anbahnen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈanˌbaːnən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for anbahnen in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is anbahnen, spelled A-N-B-A-H-N-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas deutet sich an
- 2dafür sorgen, dass etwas geschieht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how anbahnen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Zwischen den beiden bahnte sich eine Romanze an.
Die Zeichen sind eindeutig! Das Erscheinen des Antichristen bahnt sich an!
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.