angewöhnen

[ˈanɡəˌvøːnən]

/[ˈanɡəˌvøːnən]/ verb

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The verdict

“angewöhnen” is uncommon German (frequency #76,490 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,490
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich eine Gewohnheit, Verhaltensweise oder Fähigkeit aneignen; sich an etwas anpassen

Corpus desk

Index DE-angewohnen · angewöhnen · German

angewöhnen · rank #76,490 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,490
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH angehaucht

Nearest frequency peer: angehaucht (-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 „angewöhnen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for angewöhnen
PropertyValue
Headwordangewöhnen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈanɡəˌvøːnən]
Letters10
Frequency rank#76,490
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „angewöhnen“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „angehaucht“ (#76,489), „anheften“ (#76,491), „angedeutete“ (#76,488). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „angewöhnen“ bei #76,490. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

angewöhnen is uncommon German at frequency #76,490 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈanɡəˌvøːnən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

angewöhnen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is angewöhnen, spelled A-N-G-E-W-Ö-H-N-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    sich eine Gewohnheit, Verhaltensweise oder Fähigkeit aneignen; sich an etwas anpassen
  2. 2
    etwas durch Erziehung beibringen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how angewöhnen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ich muss mir unbedingt angewöhnen, vor der Abreise in den Urlaub alle Türen und Fenster gut zu verriegeln und mit vielleicht sogar mit Alarmanlagen zu sichern, damit ja kein Einbrecher ins Haus kommt.
  2. Du musst dir angewöhnen, mindestens zwei Liter Wasser pro Tag zu trinken, besonders an heißen Sommertagen.

Synonyms

eingewöhnen

Antonyms

abgewöhnenverzichten

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 "angewöhnen"?
"angewöhnen" is spelled A-N-G-E-W-Ö-H-N-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈanɡəˌvøːnən].
What does "angewöhnen" mean?
As a verb, "angewöhnen" means: sich eine Gewohnheit, Verhaltensweise oder Fähigkeit aneignen; sich an etwas anpassen
How do you pronounce "angewöhnen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "angewöhnen" is [ˈanɡəˌvøːnən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "angewöhnen" come from?
"angewöhnen" 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 "angewöhnen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

angehaucht#76,489anreichern#76,496Apokryphen#76,500Aquitanien#76,501

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list