angängig
[ˈanˌɡɛŋɪç]
The verdict
“angängig” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (den gegebenen Umständen/in eine bestimmte Situation) passend, geeignet, entsprechend
Corpus desk
Index DE-angangig · angängig · German
angängig · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | angängig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈanˌɡɛŋɪç] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „angängig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
angängig is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈanˌɡɛŋɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(den gegebenen Umständen/in eine bestimmte Situation) passend, geeignet, entsprechend".
No misspelling variants are generated for angängig in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 angängig, spelled A-N-G-Ä-N-G-I-G.
Definition
- 1(den gegebenen Umständen/in eine bestimmte Situation) passend, geeignet, entsprechend
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how angängig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der historische Gesetzgeber übte sich bewusst in Enthaltsamkeit, weil es ihm nicht angängig erschien, der neugeschaffenen Rechtsform einen genauen Standort im System der hergebrachten Gesellschaftsformen zuzuweisen.“
This word in other languages
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.