ängstigen
[ˈɛŋstɪɡn̩]
The verdict
“ängstigen” is uncommon German (frequency #83,592 among 75 “Ä” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,592
- frequency rank, German
- 75
- “Ä” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemanden in Angst versetzen
Corpus desk
Index DE-angstigen · ängstigen · German
ängstigen · rank #83,592 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,592
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 75
- PHOTO-FINISH zünftige
Nearest frequency peer: zünftige (-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 „ängstigen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Zwischentöne
Zwischentöne
16,413 corpus weight
- zwölfmal
zwölfmal
16,412 corpus weight
- zypressen
zypressen
16,411 corpus weight
- zünftige
zünftige
16,410 corpus weight
- ängstigen
ängstigen
16,409 corpus weight
- Ötztal
Ötztal
16,406 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „ängstigen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ängstigen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈɛŋstɪɡn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #83,592 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „ängstigen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
ängstigen is uncommon German at frequency #83,592 among 75 “Ä” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈɛŋstɪɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for ängstigen in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is ängstigen, spelled Ä-N-G-S-T-I-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemanden in Angst versetzen
- 2reflexiv: vor etwas Angst, Furcht haben
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ängstigen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich will euch jetzt nicht ängstigen, aber ihr müsst gut aufpassen.
Ich ängstige mich, in der Dunkelheit allein durch den Wald zu gehen.
Antonyms
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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