Anbetracht
German, noun/ˈanbəˌtʁaxt/
Anbetracht is spelled A-N-B-E-T-R-A-C-H-T (10 letters) and appears 5.6 times per million words in written German, the 11,196th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anbetracht is a German masculine noun meaning “chiefly used in in Anbetracht (also occurring in in keinem Anbetracht, in diesem Anbetracht and rarely in in meinem Anbetracht, in seinem…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Berücksichtigung des für eine Situation geltenden Umfeldes”.
What does Anbetracht mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinechiefly used in in Anbetracht (also occurring in in keinem Anbetracht, in diesem Anbetracht and rarely in in meinem Anbetracht, in seinem Anbetracht)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Berücksichtigung des für eine Situation geltenden Umfeldes 2. Betrachtung und/oder Beurteilung der Lage
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Anbetracht?
- /ˈanbəˌtʁaxt/
- [ˈanbəˌtʁaxt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Anbetracht in German?
Anbetracht appears 5.6 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).