Anläufen

[ˈanlɔɪ̯fn̩]

/[ˈanlɔɪ̯fn̩]/ noun

The verdict

“Anläufen” is uncommon German (frequency #77,668 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,668
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-anlaufen · Anläufen · German

Anläufen · rank #77,668 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,668
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH ankotzt

Nearest frequency peer: ankotzt (-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 „Anläufen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Anläufen
PropertyValue
HeadwordAnläufen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈanlɔɪ̯fn̩]
Letters8
Frequency rank#77,668
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Anläufen“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Anläufenfällt 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: „ankotzt“ (#77,667), „Annalena“ (#77,669), „antidemokratische“ (#77,670). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Anläufen“ bei #77,668. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Anläufen is uncommon German at frequency #77,668 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈanlɔɪ̯fn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dativ Plural des Substantivs Anlauf".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Anläufen, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Anläufen, spelled A-N-L-Ä-U-F-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Anlauf

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 "Anläufen"?
"Anläufen" is spelled A-N-L-Ä-U-F-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈanlɔɪ̯fn̩].
What does "Anläufen" mean?
As a noun, "Anläufen" means: Dativ Plural des Substantivs Anlauf
How do you pronounce "Anläufen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Anläufen" is [ˈanlɔɪ̯fn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Anläufen" come from?
"Anläufen" 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 "Anläufen", 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