anlegten

[ˈanˌleːktn̩]

/[ˈanˌleːktn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“anlegten” is uncommon German (frequency #93,941 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,941
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs anlegen

Corpus desk

Index DE-anlegten · anlegten · German

anlegten · rank #93,941 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,941
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ankerplatz

Nearest frequency peer: Ankerplatz (-2 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 „anlegten“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for anlegten
PropertyValue
Headwordanlegten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈanˌleːktn̩]
Letters8
Frequency rank#93,941
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „anlegten“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.anlegtenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Ankerplatz“ (#93,939), „anstacheln“ (#93,943), „angular“ (#93,938). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „anlegten“ bei #93,941. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

anlegten is uncommon German at frequency #93,941 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈanˌleːktn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for anlegten 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, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is anlegten, spelled A-N-L-E-G-T-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs anlegen
  2. 2
    1. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs anlegen
  3. 3
    3. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs anlegen
  4. 4
    3. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs anlegen

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 "anlegten"?
"anlegten" is spelled A-N-L-E-G-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈanˌleːktn̩].
What does "anlegten" mean?
As a verb, "anlegten" means: 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs anlegen
How do you pronounce "anlegten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "anlegten" is [ˈanˌleːktn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "anlegten" come from?
"anlegten" 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 "anlegten", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

angrenzt#93,937angenäht#93,936amüsiere#93,931Arbogast#93,953

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list