anhäufen

[ˈanˌhɔɪ̯fn̩]

/[ˈanˌhɔɪ̯fn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“anhäufen” is uncommon German (frequency #66,968 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,968
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas in großen Mengen sammeln

Corpus desk

Index DE-anhaufen · anhäufen · German

anhäufen · rank #66,968 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,968
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH angetriebenen

Nearest frequency peer: angetriebenen (-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 „anhäufen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for anhäufen
PropertyValue
Headwordanhäufen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈanˌhɔɪ̯fn̩]
Letters8
Frequency rank#66,968
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „anhäufen“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „angetriebenen“ (#66,967), „anklingen“ (#66,969), „angetriebene“ (#66,966). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „anhäufen“ bei #66,968. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

anhäufen is uncommon German at frequency #66,968 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈanˌhɔɪ̯fn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

anhäufen has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is anhäufen, spelled A-N-H-Ä-U-F-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas in großen Mengen sammeln
  2. 2
    sich ansammeln

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Er häuft massenweise Antiquitäten an, verkauft aber so gut wie nichts.
  2. „Mehr als 370 Mrd. Dollar Währungsreserven hat Brasilien angehäuft.“

This word in other languages

pile up(English)acumular(Español)amasser(Français)acumular(Português)

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 "anhäufen"?
"anhäufen" is spelled A-N-H-Ä-U-F-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈanˌhɔɪ̯fn̩].
What does "anhäufen" mean?
As a verb, "anhäufen" means: etwas in großen Mengen sammeln
How do you pronounce "anhäufen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "anhäufen" is [ˈanˌhɔɪ̯fn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "anhäufen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Amtsarzt#66,961antrifft#66,979aufzieht#66,993abwinken#66,941

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list