anlasten

[ˈanˌlastn̩]

/[ˈanˌlastn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“anlasten” is uncommon German (frequency #99,465 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,465
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemandem etwas vorwerfen, zur Last legen

Corpus desk

Index DE-anlasten · anlasten · German

anlasten · rank #99,465 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,465
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH ankäme

Nearest frequency peer: ankäme (-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 „anlasten“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for anlasten
PropertyValue
Headwordanlasten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈanˌlastn̩]
Letters8
Frequency rank#99,465
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „anlasten“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).anlastenfällt 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: „ankäme“ (#99,464), „Annoncen“ (#99,466), „anhaftet“ (#99,463). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „anlasten“ bei #99,465. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

anlasten is uncommon German at frequency #99,465 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈanˌlastn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

anlasten has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is anlasten, spelled A-N-L-A-S-T-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    jemandem etwas vorwerfen, zur Last legen
  2. 2
    jemandem etwas aufbürden

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Der Mann zeigte sich geständig. Er sah sich aber nicht als Mitglied einer kriminellen Vereinigung, wie ihm die Staatsanwaltschaft anlastete.
  2. Und wenn die Pest grassiert, liegt die Frage nach den Schuldigen nah. Hier sind es – wie so oft – die Juden, denen man das Übel anlastete.

Synonyms

belastenbezichtigenverübelnvorwerfenaufbürdenaufhalsen

Antonyms

entlastenentschulden

This word in other languages

blame(English)imputar(Español)accabler(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 "anlasten"?
"anlasten" is spelled A-N-L-A-S-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈanˌlastn̩].
What does "anlasten" mean?
As a verb, "anlasten" means: jemandem etwas vorwerfen, zur Last legen
How do you pronounce "anlasten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "anlasten" is [ˈanˌlastn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "anlasten" come from?
"anlasten" 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 "anlasten", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Annoncen#99,466anhaftet#99,463Abhebung#99,422Autodach#99,509

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list