ankommen

/[ˈanˌkɔmən]/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,905

in German word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

ankommen is aGermanverb. It means: einen Ort, ein Ziel erreichen Pronounced [ˈanˌkɔmən]. It ranks #5,905 in German word frequency. Often confused with ankommt and aufkommen.

Key facts for ankommen
PropertyValue
Headwordankommen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈanˌkɔmən]
Letters8
Frequency rank#5,905
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of ankommen in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for ankommen is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈanˌkɔmən]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,905 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for ankommen, with forms such as "aknommen", "ankkommen", and "ankmomen". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "ankommt", "aufkommen", "auskommen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is ankommen, spelled A-N-K-O-M-M-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    einen Ort, ein Ziel erreichen
  2. 2
    sich an eine neue Umgebung, einen neuen Ort oder an neue Lebensverhältnisse gewöhnen
  3. 3
    auf jemanden, auf ein Publikum in bestimmter Weise (gut, schlecht) wirken, empfangen werden
  4. 4
    bei jemandem eine Arbeitsstelle finden
  5. 5
    mit jemandem, etwas fertigwerden, sich gegenüber jemandem, etwas durchsetzen
  6. 6
    immer wieder irgendein Anliegen an jemanden haben
  7. 7
    jemanden unvermittelt erfassen
  8. 8
    auf jemanden auf eine gewisse Art einwirken
  9. 9
    eine wesentliche Bedeutung (für jemanden) haben
  10. 10
    durch etwas bedingt sein

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aknommen,ankkommen,ankmomen,ankomemn,ankomen,ankommenn,ankommne,annkommen,anokmmen,nakommen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for ankommen

Misspelling Variants of "ankommen"

aknommen8ankkommen9ankmomen8ankomemn8ankomen7ankommenn9ankommne8annkommen9
Misspelling Variants of "ankommen"

Frequency rank: #5,905 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ankommen"?
"ankommen" is spelled A-N-K-O-M-M-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈanˌkɔmən].
What does "ankommen" mean?
As a verb, "ankommen" means: einen Ort, ein Ziel erreichen
What words are commonly confused with "ankommen"?
"ankommen" is commonly confused with "ankommt", "aufkommen", "auskommen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ankommen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ankommen" is [ˈanˌkɔmən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ankommen" come from?
"ankommen" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.