anhaken
[ˈanˌhaːkn̩]
The verdict
“anhaken” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (etwas) mittels eines Hakens irgendwo anbringen
Corpus desk
Index DE-anhaken · anhaken · German
anhaken · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | anhaken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈanˌhaːkn̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „anhaken“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
anhaken is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈanˌhaːkn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for anhaken in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 anhaken, spelled A-N-H-A-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1(etwas) mittels eines Hakens irgendwo anbringen
- 2(etwas) mit einem Häkchen (✓) markieren
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how anhaken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Aus den Beschreibungen von 1789 und 1837 geht hervor, dass Rock und Mieder in der Schönberger Tracht voneinander getrennt waren; […]. Der obere Rock wurde an das Mieder oder die Jacke angehakt.“
Um den Überblick zu behalten, haken wir auf der Gästeliste am besten diejenigen an, die schon fest zugesagt haben.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.