anbrüllen
[ˈanˌbʁʏlən]
The verdict
“anbrüllen” is an uncommon German word, ranked #84,906 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #84,906
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - brüllende Laute in die Richtung von jemandem/etwas ausstoßen (von Tieren)
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | anbrüllen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈanˌbʁʏlən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #84,906 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “anbrüllen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for anbrüllen is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈanˌbʁʏlən]. Corpus data places it at rank #84,906 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for anbrüllen in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is anbrüllen, spelled A-N-B-R-Ü-L-L-E-N.
Definition
- 1brüllende Laute in die Richtung von jemandem/etwas ausstoßen (von Tieren)
- 2laute Worte an jemanden richten, jemanden laut, aggressiv zurechtweisen
- 3versuchen, sich mit lauter Stimme gegen andere Geräusche durchzusetzen
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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.
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Using “anbrüllen”
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- The one correct German spelling is A-N-B-R-Ü-L-L-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.