angesprungen

[ˈanɡəˌʃpʁʊŋən]

/[ˈanɡəˌʃpʁʊŋən]/ verb

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The verdict

“angesprungen” is uncommon German (frequency #55,119 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,119
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partizip Perfekt des Verbs anspringen

Corpus desk

Index DE-angesprungen · angesprungen · German

angesprungen · rank #55,119 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,119
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH angegriffene

Nearest frequency peer: angegriffene (-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 „angesprungen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for angesprungen
PropertyValue
Headwordangesprungen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈanɡəˌʃpʁʊŋən]
Letters12
Frequency rank#55,119
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „angesprungen“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „angegriffene“ (#55,118), „anlehnen“ (#55,120), „anführte“ (#55,117). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „angesprungen“ bei #55,119. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

angesprungen is uncommon German at frequency #55,119 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈanɡəˌʃpʁʊŋən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partizip Perfekt des Verbs anspringen".

angesprungen has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is angesprungen, spelled A-N-G-E-S-P-R-U-N-G-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partizip Perfekt des Verbs anspringen

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 "angesprungen"?
"angesprungen" is spelled A-N-G-E-S-P-R-U-N-G-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈanɡəˌʃpʁʊŋən].
What does "angesprungen" mean?
As a verb, "angesprungen" means: Partizip Perfekt des Verbs anspringen
How do you pronounce "angesprungen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "angesprungen" is [ˈanɡəˌʃpʁʊŋən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "angesprungen" come from?
"angesprungen" 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 "angesprungen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

angegriffene#55,118Amtskollegen#55,111aufgetrieben#55,140Ausschnitten#55,150

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list