anklingen

[ˈanˌklɪŋən]

/[ˈanˌklɪŋən]/ verb

The verdict

“anklingen” is uncommon German (frequency #66,969 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,969
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (zwischen den Zeilen) zu hören, zu verstehen sein

Corpus desk

Index DE-anklingen · anklingen · German

anklingen · rank #66,969 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,969
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH anhäufen

Nearest frequency peer: anhäufen (-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 „anklingen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for anklingen
PropertyValue
Headwordanklingen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈanˌklɪŋən]
Letters9
Frequency rank#66,969
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „anklingen“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).anklingenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „anhäufen“ (#66,968), „angetriebenen“ (#66,967), „anpflanzen“ (#66,971). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „anklingen“ bei #66,969. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

anklingen is uncommon German at frequency #66,969 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈanˌklɪŋən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

anklingen has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 anklingen, spelled A-N-K-L-I-N-G-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    (zwischen den Zeilen) zu hören, zu verstehen sein
  2. 2
    auf etwas aufmerksam machen, was bereits bekannt ist, an etwas denken lassen
  3. 3
    mit den Trinkgläsern anstoßen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Klingt da etwas Wehmut an, meine Liebe?
  2. „Und ein Gedicht Georges war es, das Clotilde Schlager mithörte beim lauten Lesen von Dowsons Gedicht, präziser: die zitierte Strophe klang an ein Gedicht Georges an.“

Antonyms

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 "anklingen"?
"anklingen" is spelled A-N-K-L-I-N-G-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈanˌklɪŋən].
What does "anklingen" mean?
As a verb, "anklingen" means: (zwischen den Zeilen) zu hören, zu verstehen sein
How do you pronounce "anklingen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "anklingen" is [ˈanˌklɪŋən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "anklingen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list