angespannter

[ˈanɡəˌʃpantɐ]

/[ˈanɡəˌʃpantɐ]/ adj

The verdict

“angespannter” is uncommon German (frequency #98,091 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#98,091
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs angespannt

Corpus desk

Index DE-angespannter · angespannter · German

angespannter · rank #98,091 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #98,091
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH angeschwemmt

Nearest frequency peer: angeschwemmt (-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 „angespannter“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for angespannter
PropertyValue
Headwordangespannter
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈanɡəˌʃpantɐ]
Letters12
Frequency rank#98,091
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „angespannter“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).angespannterfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „angeschwemmt“ (#98,090), „angewinkelt“ (#98,092), „Anerkennungen“ (#98,089). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „angespannter“ bei #98,091. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

angespannter is uncommon German at frequency #98,091 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈanɡəˌʃpantɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for angespannter, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is angespannter, spelled A-N-G-E-S-P-A-N-N-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs angespannt
  2. 2
    Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs angespannt
  3. 3
    Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs angespannt
  4. 4
    Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs angespannt
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs angespannt

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 "angespannter"?
"angespannter" is spelled A-N-G-E-S-P-A-N-N-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈanɡəˌʃpantɐ].
What does "angespannter" mean?
As an adjective, "angespannter" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs angespannt
How do you pronounce "angespannter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "angespannter" is [ˈanɡəˌʃpantɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "angespannter" come from?
"angespannter" 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 "angespannter", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list