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Anhängsel

German, noun/ˈanhɛŋzəl/

Anhängsel is spelled A-N-H-Ä-N-G-S-E-L (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 43,091st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anhängsel is a German neuter noun meaning “appendage, attachment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas, das an etwas anderem anhängt”.

What does Anhängsel mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    neuterappendage, attachment

  2. 2

    neuterappendix

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. etwas, das an etwas anderem anhängt 2. weniger wichtige Begleiterscheinung/Person

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of Anhängsel

  • Anhängsels genitive
  • Anhängseln dative definite plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Anhängsel?

  • /ˈanhɛŋzəl/
  • [ˈanˌhɛŋzl̩]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Anhängsel

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Anhängsel in German?

Anhängsel appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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