ankarren
[ˈanˌkaʁən]
The verdict
“ankarren” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in größerer Menge mit einem Fahrzeug heranbringen
Corpus desk
Index DE-ankarren · ankarren · German
ankarren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ankarren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈanˌkaʁən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „ankarren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
ankarren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈanˌkaʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "in größerer Menge mit einem Fahrzeug heranbringen".
No generated misspelling entries exist for ankarren in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is ankarren, spelled A-N-K-A-R-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1in größerer Menge mit einem Fahrzeug heranbringen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ankarren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Mit Bussen hat man Schaulustige sogar aus Holland, Belgien und Deutschland angekarrt.“
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.