Anführung
[ˈanˌfyːʁʊŋ]
The verdict
“Anführung” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Führung, Leitung von Gruppen, militärischen Einheiten und Gruppierungen
Corpus desk
Index DE-anfuhrung · Anführung · German
Anführung · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Anführung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈanˌfyːʁʊŋ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Anführung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Anführung is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈanˌfyːʁʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Anführung in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Anführung, spelled A-N-F-Ü-H-R-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Führung, Leitung von Gruppen, militärischen Einheiten und Gruppierungen
- 2(meist zitierte) Stelle in einem Text
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Anführung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der Feldzug der kaiserl. königl. österreichischen Armee unter Anführung des Feldmarschalls Grafen Radetzky in Italien 1848 und 1849.“
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.