anklopfen

[ˈanˌklɔp͡fn̩]

/[ˈanˌklɔp͡fn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“anklopfen” is uncommon German (frequency #57,652 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,652
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - um Einlass klopfen

Corpus desk

Index DE-anklopfen · anklopfen · German

anklopfen · rank #57,652 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,652
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH angeschaltet

Nearest frequency peer: angeschaltet (-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 „anklopfen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for anklopfen
PropertyValue
Headwordanklopfen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈanˌklɔp͡fn̩]
Letters9
Frequency rank#57,652
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „anklopfen“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „angeschaltet“ (#57,651), „anliegende“ (#57,653), „angepasster“ (#57,650). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „anklopfen“ bei #57,652. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

anklopfen is uncommon German at frequency #57,652 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈanˌklɔp͡fn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for anklopfen in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is anklopfen, spelled A-N-K-L-O-P-F-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    um Einlass klopfen
  2. 2
    freundlich nachfragen, wie es um etwas bestellt ist, was man sich wünscht

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Wenn der Lenz anklopft, zeigen die Bäume ihre Blütenbrautkleider.“
  2. „Auch Pückler hat während seiner ersten größeren Reise bei einer ganzen Reihe von Zelebritäten angeklopft.“

This word in other languages

knock(English)llamar(Español)frapper à la porte(Français)

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 "anklopfen"?
"anklopfen" is spelled A-N-K-L-O-P-F-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈanˌklɔp͡fn̩].
What does "anklopfen" mean?
As a verb, "anklopfen" means: um Einlass klopfen
How do you pronounce "anklopfen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "anklopfen" is [ˈanˌklɔp͡fn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "anklopfen" come from?
"anklopfen" 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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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

anschlägt#57,657alphabets#57,642Aggressor#57,638Atempause#57,669

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list