Anch
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The verdict
“Anch” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - altägyptisches Symbol, das für das Weiterleben im Jenseits steht
Corpus desk
Index DE-anch · Anch · German
Anch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- 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 | Anch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Anch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Anch is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "altägyptisches Symbol, das für das Weiterleben im Jenseits steht".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Anch, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Anch, spelled A-N-C-H.
Definition
- 1altägyptisches Symbol, das für das Weiterleben im Jenseits steht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Anch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Als er sich von den Fenstern abwandte, bemerkte Blake, dass das von Spinnweben verhangene Kreuz über dem Altar nicht von gewöhnlicher Art war, sondern dem urtümlichen Anch oder crux ansata des finsteren Ägypten glich.“
„Jack bewahrte kühlen Kopf, betrachtete das Symbol über der mittleren Öffnung ... und erkannte es als die Hieroglyphe für Anch oder langes Leben, bei den alten Ägyptern auch bekannt als ›Schlüssel des Lebens‹.“
This word in other languages
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