Ankünfte

[ˈankʏnftə]

/[ˈankʏnftə]/ noun

The verdict

“Ankünfte” is uncommon German (frequency #98,095 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#98,095
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Ankunft

Corpus desk

Index DE-ankunfte · Ankünfte · German

Ankünfte · rank #98,095 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #98,095
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH anklopft

Nearest frequency peer: anklopft (-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 „Ankünfte“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Ankünfte
PropertyValue
HeadwordAnkünfte
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈankʏnftə]
Letters8
Frequency rank#98,095
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Ankünfte“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „anklopft“ (#98,094), „anmeldete“ (#98,096), „année“ (#98,097). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Ankünfte“ bei #98,095. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Ankünfte is uncommon German at frequency #98,095 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈankʏnftə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Ankünfte, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Ankünfte, spelled A-N-K-Ü-N-F-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Ankunft
  2. 2
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Ankunft
  3. 3
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Ankunft

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 "Ankünfte"?
"Ankünfte" is spelled A-N-K-Ü-N-F-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈankʏnftə].
What does "Ankünfte" mean?
As a noun, "Ankünfte" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Ankunft
How do you pronounce "Ankünfte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Ankünfte" is [ˈankʏnftə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Ankünfte" come from?
"Ankünfte" 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 "Ankünfte", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list