Ankerplatz
[ˈaŋkɐˌplat͡s]
The verdict
“Ankerplatz” is uncommon German (frequency #93,939 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,939
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Stelle, an der ein Schiff vor Anker gehen kann
Corpus desk
Index DE-ankerplatz · Ankerplatz · German
Ankerplatz · rank #93,939 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,939
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH angular
Nearest frequency peer: angular (-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 „Ankerplatz“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- angenäht
angenäht
6,065 corpus weight
- angrenzt
angrenzt
6,064 corpus weight
- angular
angular
6,063 corpus weight
- Ankerplatz
Ankerplatz
6,062 corpus weight
- anlegten
anlegten
6,060 corpus weight
- anstacheln
anstacheln
6,058 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Ankerplatz“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ankerplatz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaŋkɐˌplat͡s] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #93,939 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ankerplatz“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ankerplatz is uncommon German at frequency #93,939 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈaŋkɐˌplat͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Stelle, an der ein Schiff vor Anker gehen kann".
Ankerplatz has no tracked misspelling variants, 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 typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Ankerplatz, spelled A-N-K-E-R-P-L-A-T-Z.
Definition
- 1Stelle, an der ein Schiff vor Anker gehen kann
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ankerplatz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ein Ankerplatz sollte Schutz vor Sturm und Wellengang bieten.
„Auf dem ganzen Weg zurück zum Ankerplatz schaute ich mich fortwährend nach allen Seiten um.“
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Antonyms
This word in other languages
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.
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