# anders

> German word · Adverb · IPA [ˈandɐs] · frequency rank #401

## Definitions
1. verschieden, abweichend (von etwas), auf andere Weise
2. nicht so
3. sonst
4. überhaupt, wirklich, denn (= lat. modo, quidem, tamen nach sī)
5. sonst, andernfalls (= lat. aliter, aliōquī)

## Easily confused with
- **Anker** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/anders-vs-anker)
- **anger** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/anders-vs-anger)
- **ändert** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/anders-vs-andert)
- **Andreas** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/anders-vs-andreas)
- **änderte** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/anders-vs-anderte)
- **änderst** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/anders-vs-anderst)
- **anderswo** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/anders-vs-anderswo)
- **Anderson** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/anders-vs-anderson)
- **Andersen** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/anders-vs-andersen)
- **Ader** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/ader-vs-anders)
- **Adels** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/adels-vs-anders)
- **Adern** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/adern-vs-anders)
- **Anden** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/anden-vs-anders)
- **andere** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/andere-vs-anders)
- **ändern** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/andern-vs-anders)
- **alters** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/alters-vs-anders)
- **Adlers** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/adlers-vs-anders)
- **anderen** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/anderen-vs-anders)
- **anderes** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/anderes-vs-anders)
- **anderem** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/anderem-vs-anders)

## Common misspellings (9)
`adners`, `andders`, `anderrs`, `anderss`, `andesr`, `andres`, `anedrs`, `annders`, `naders`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/word/anders