Anführerin

[ˈanˌfyːʁəʁɪn]

/[ˈanˌfyːʁəʁɪn]/ noun

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The verdict

“Anführerin” is uncommon German (frequency #54,312 among 113,935 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,312
frequency rank, German
113,935
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - weibliche Person, die eine Gruppe leitet

Key facts for Anführerin
PropertyValue
HeadwordAnführerin
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈanˌfyːʁəʁɪn]
Letters10
Frequency rank#54,312
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Anführerin” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Anführerin lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Anführerin is uncommon German at frequency #54,312 among 113,935 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈanˌfyːʁəʁɪn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for Anführerin in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Anführerin, spelled A-N-F-Ü-H-R-E-R-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    weibliche Person, die eine Gruppe leitet
  2. 2
    weibliche Person oder Gruppe weiblicher Individuen (oder auch Person/Gruppe, deren grammatisches Genus das Femininum ist), die den ersten Platz eines noch nicht entschiedenen Ereignisses belegt

Synonyms

FührerinBossChefinFührerinSpitzenreiterinErste

This word in other languages

líder(Español)

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 "Anführerin"?
"Anführerin" is spelled A-N-F-Ü-H-R-E-R-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈanˌfyːʁəʁɪn].
What does "Anführerin" mean?
As a noun, "Anführerin" means: weibliche Person, die eine Gruppe leitet
How do you pronounce "Anführerin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Anführerin" is [ˈanˌfyːʁəʁɪn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Anführerin" come from?
"Anführerin" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “Anführerin”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is A-N-F-Ü-H-R-E-R-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈanˌfyːʁəʁɪn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list