Anken

[ˈaŋkn̩]

/[ˈaŋkn̩]/ noun

The verdict

“Anken” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
5
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Anke

Corpus desk

Index DE-anken · Anken · German

Anken · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 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.

Key facts for Anken
PropertyValue
HeadwordAnken
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈaŋkn̩]
Letters5
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Anken“ im Deutschen

Ankenliegt außerhalb der 100.000 häufigsten deutschen Wörter, im Langschwanz technischer, archaischer oder seltener Formen, genau dort, wo Schreibzweifeln zuschlagen.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Anken is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈaŋkn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Anken, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Anken, spelled A-N-K-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Anke
  2. 2
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Anke
  3. 3
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Anke
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Anke
  5. 5
    Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Anke
  6. 6
    Dativ Singular des Substantivs Anke
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular des Substantivs Anke

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Anken"?
"Anken" is spelled A-N-K-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaŋkn̩].
What does "Anken" mean?
As a noun, "Anken" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Anke
How do you pronounce "Anken"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Anken" is [ˈaŋkn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Anken" come from?
"Anken" 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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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list