anfügen

[ˈanˌfyːɡn̩]

/[ˈanˌfyːɡn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“anfügen” is uncommon German (frequency #60,329 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,329
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas einer Sache hinzusetzen, hinzufügen

Corpus desk

Index DE-anfugen · anfügen · German

anfügen · rank #60,329 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,329
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH alternate

Nearest frequency peer: alternate (-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 „anfügen“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „anfügen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for anfügen
PropertyValue
Headwordanfügen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈanˌfyːɡn̩]
Letters7
Frequency rank#60,329
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „anfügen“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.anfügenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „alternate“ (#60,328), „angeregten“ (#60,330), „alteingesessene“ (#60,327). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „anfügen“ bei #60,329. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

anfügen is uncommon German at frequency #60,329 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈanˌfyːɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas einer Sache hinzusetzen, hinzufügen".

No misspelling variants are generated for anfügen in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 anfügen, spelled A-N-F-Ü-G-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas einer Sache hinzusetzen, hinzufügen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how anfügen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Der Ehepartner, dessen Geburtsname nicht zum Ehenamen bestimmt wurde, darf seinen Geburtsnamen dem Ehenamen voranstellen oder anfügen.
  2. Analog zur präklinischen Dateneingabe lassen sich auch an Notfallteamprotokollen Weiterversorgungsdaten anfügen.

Antonyms

ablösenabtrennenausklammernentfernenkürzenweglassen

This word in other languages

add(English)agregar(Español)ajouter(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "anfügen"?
"anfügen" is spelled A-N-F-Ü-G-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈanˌfyːɡn̩].
What does "anfügen" mean?
As a verb, "anfügen" means: etwas einer Sache hinzusetzen, hinzufügen
How do you pronounce "anfügen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "anfügen" is [ˈanˌfyːɡn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "anfügen" come from?
"anfügen" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "anfügen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list