Anhang

/[ˈanhaŋ]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,330

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

Anhang is aGermannoun. It means: zusätzlich Beiliegendes, Beigefügtes, etwas daneben übermitteltes, das Weitere, Zusätzliches, das daneben Bestehende oder Vorhandene; auch: (Schriftwesen:) hinten angefügter Abschnitt, einer E-Mail... Pronounced [ˈanhaŋ]. It ranks #8,330 in German word frequency. Often confused with Anklang and Anhänge.

Key facts for Anhang
PropertyValue
HeadwordAnhang
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈanhaŋ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#8,330
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Anhang in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Anhang is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈanhaŋ]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,330 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Anhang, with forms such as "ahnang", "anahng", and "anhagn". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "Anklang", "Anhänge", "Aushang", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Anhang, spelled A-N-H-A-N-G, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    zusätzlich Beiliegendes, Beigefügtes, etwas daneben übermitteltes, das Weitere, Zusätzliches, das daneben Bestehende oder Vorhandene; auch: (Schriftwesen:) hinten angefügter Abschnitt, einer E-Mail beigefügte Datei, (Wirtschaft:) erläuternde, ergänzende Dokumente des Jahresabschlusses eines Unternehmens(Jurisprudenz:) spezifische Ergänzung eines Gesetzestextes
  2. 2
    Personen, die ein privates oder politisches Umfeld bilden, Freundeskreis, Gruppe von Anhängern

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ahnang,anahng,anhagn,anhangg,anhanng,anhhang,anhnag,annhang,nahang

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Anhang

Misspelling Variants of "Anhang"

ahnang6anahng6anhagn6anhangg7anhanng7anhhang7anhnag6annhang7
Misspelling Variants of "Anhang"

Frequency rank: #8,330 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Anhang"?
"Anhang" is spelled A-N-H-A-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈanhaŋ].
What does "Anhang" mean?
As a noun, "Anhang" means: zusätzlich Beiliegendes, Beigefügtes, etwas daneben übermitteltes, das Weitere, Zusätzliches, das daneben Bestehende oder Vorhandene; auch: (Schriftwesen:) hinten angefügter Abschnitt, einer E-Mail...
What words are commonly confused with "Anhang"?
"Anhang" is commonly confused with "Anklang", "Anhänge", "Aushang". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Anhang"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Anhang" is [ˈanhaŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Anhang" come from?
"Anhang" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.