Angstmacherei

[ˌaŋstmaxəˈʁaɪ̯]

/[ˌaŋstmaxəˈʁaɪ̯]/ noun

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The verdict

“Angstmacherei” is uncommon German (frequency #96,643 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,643
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gesamtheit der Maßnahmen, um jemandem Angst einzuflößen

Corpus desk

Index DE-angstmacherei · Angstmacherei · German

Angstmacherei · rank #96,643 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #96,643
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Angstzuständen

Nearest frequency peer: Angstzuständen (+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 „Angstmacherei“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Angstmacherei
PropertyValue
HeadwordAngstmacherei
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˌaŋstmaxəˈʁaɪ̯]
Letters13
Frequency rank#96,643
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Angstmacherei“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Angstzuständen“ (#96,644), „angebissen“ (#96,641), „anhielten“ (#96,645). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Angstmacherei“ bei #96,643. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Angstmacherei is uncommon German at frequency #96,643 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌaŋstmaxəˈʁaɪ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gesamtheit der Maßnahmen, um jemandem Angst einzuflößen".

Zero misspellings are on record for Angstmacherei in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

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 Angstmacherei, spelled A-N-G-S-T-M-A-C-H-E-R-E-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gesamtheit der Maßnahmen, um jemandem Angst einzuflößen

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Obwohl ich diese religiöse Angstmacherei instinktiv ablehnte, war ich nicht imstande, sie zu ignorieren.“

This word in other languages

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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 "Angstmacherei"?
"Angstmacherei" is spelled A-N-G-S-T-M-A-C-H-E-R-E-I. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌaŋstmaxəˈʁaɪ̯].
What does "Angstmacherei" mean?
As a noun, "Angstmacherei" means: Gesamtheit der Maßnahmen, um jemandem Angst einzuflößen
How do you pronounce "Angstmacherei"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Angstmacherei" is [ˌaŋstmaxəˈʁaɪ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Angstmacherei" come from?
"Angstmacherei" 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 "Angstmacherei", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

anthropogenen#96,653altehrwürdige#96,630allgemeineren#96,628alkoholisches#96,627

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list