Ankerplatz

[ˈaŋkɐˌplat͡s]

/[ˈaŋkɐˌplat͡s]/ noun

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Ankerplatz
PropertyValue
HeadwordAnkerplatz
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈaŋkɐˌplat͡s]
Letters10
Frequency rank#93,939
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Ankerplatz“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Ankerplatzfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „angular“ (#93,938), „angrenzt“ (#93,937), „anlegten“ (#93,941). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Ankerplatz“ bei #93,939. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Stelle, an der ein Schiff vor Anker gehen kann

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ein Ankerplatz sollte Schutz vor Sturm und Wellengang bieten.
  2. „Auf dem ganzen Weg zurück zum Ankerplatz schaute ich mich fortwährend nach allen Seiten um.“

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Ankerplatz"?
"Ankerplatz" is spelled A-N-K-E-R-P-L-A-T-Z. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaŋkɐˌplat͡s].
What does "Ankerplatz" mean?
As a noun, "Ankerplatz" means: Stelle, an der ein Schiff vor Anker gehen kann
How do you pronounce "Ankerplatz"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Ankerplatz" is [ˈaŋkɐˌplat͡s]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Ankerplatz" come from?
"Ankerplatz" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list