andante
[anˈdantə]
The verdict
“andante” is uncommon German (frequency #54,311 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,311
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mäßig bewegt, ruhig
Corpus desk
Index DE-andante · andante · German
andante · rank #54,311 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,311
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH analysierten
Nearest frequency peer: analysierten (-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 „andante“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Ambros
Ambros
45,693 corpus weight
- Amplitude
Amplitude
45,692 corpus weight
- analysierten
analysierten
45,691 corpus weight
- andante
andante
45,690 corpus weight
- Anführerin
Anführerin
45,689 corpus weight
- angepöbelt
angepöbelt
45,688 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „andante“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | andante |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [anˈdantə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #54,311 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „andante“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
andante is uncommon German at frequency #54,311 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed [anˈdantə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mäßig bewegt, ruhig".
andante doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 andante, spelled A-N-D-A-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1mäßig bewegt, ruhig
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how andante appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die letzten acht Takte andante spielen!
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); 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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