anima

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The verdict

“anima” is uncommon German (frequency #53,463 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,463
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Seele

Corpus desk

Index DE-anima · anima · German

anima · rank #53,463 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,463
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH angesagten

Nearest frequency peer: angesagten (-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 „anima“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for anima
PropertyValue
Headwordanima
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters5
Frequency rank#53,463
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „anima“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „angesagten“ (#53,462), „Anjou“ (#53,464), „angekreuzt“ (#53,461). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „anima“ bei #53,463. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

anima is uncommon German at frequency #53,463 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for anima, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is anima, spelled A-N-I-M-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Seele
  2. 2
    Kern

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’anima del peccatore non va in paradiso.
  2. L’anima del conduttore è di rame.

This word in other languages

soul(English)alma(Español)âme(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 "anima"?
"anima" is spelled A-N-I-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "anima" mean?
As a noun, "anima" means: Seele
How do you pronounce "anima"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "anima" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "anima" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Anjou#53,464Adorf#53,441Addis#53,439babes#53,503

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list