anhänglich

[ˈanhɛŋlɪç]

/[ˈanhɛŋlɪç]/ adj

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The verdict

“anhänglich” is uncommon German (frequency #62,172 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,172
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemandem stark verbunden sein

Corpus desk

Index DE-anhanglich · anhänglich · German

anhänglich · rank #62,172 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,172
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Angewohnheiten

Nearest frequency peer: Angewohnheiten (-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 „anhänglich“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for anhänglich
PropertyValue
Headwordanhänglich
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈanhɛŋlɪç]
Letters10
Frequency rank#62,172
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „anhänglich“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).anhänglichfällt 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: „Angewohnheiten“ (#62,171), „anorganischen“ (#62,173), „Anfangsverdacht“ (#62,170). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „anhänglich“ bei #62,172. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

anhänglich is uncommon German at frequency #62,172 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈanhɛŋlɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemandem stark verbunden sein".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for anhänglich, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is anhänglich, spelled A-N-H-Ä-N-G-L-I-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    jemandem stark verbunden sein

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Das Kind ist sehr anhänglich.

This word in other languages

devoted(English)afecto(Español)affectueux(Français)

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 "anhänglich"?
"anhänglich" is spelled A-N-H-Ä-N-G-L-I-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈanhɛŋlɪç].
What does "anhänglich" mean?
As an adjective, "anhänglich" means: jemandem stark verbunden sein
How do you pronounce "anhänglich"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "anhänglich" is [ˈanhɛŋlɪç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "anhänglich" come from?
"anhänglich" 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 "anhänglich", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

anprangern#62,174Anderlecht#62,169anbetrifft#62,168abwesenden#62,154

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list