Anekdote
German, noun/anɛkˈdoːtə/
Anekdote is spelled A-N-E-K-D-O-T-E (8 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written German, the 23,884th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anekdote is a German feminine noun meaning “anecdote” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “kurze, humorvolle Erzählung, die Typisches, Spezifisches oder auch Enthüllendes einer Person, Geisteshaltung…”.
What does Anekdote mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineanecdote
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. kurze, humorvolle Erzählung, die Typisches, Spezifisches oder auch Enthüllendes einer Person, Geisteshaltung, Epoche betont
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Anekdote
- Anekdoten plural
- Anekdötchen diminutive neuter
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Anekdote?
- /anɛkˈdoːtə/
- [anɛkˈdoːtə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Anekdote
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Anekdote in German?
Anekdote appears 2.0 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).