anlehnen
[ˈanˌleːnən]
The verdict
“anlehnen” is uncommon German (frequency #55,120 among 113,935 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,120
- frequency rank, German
- 113,935
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (etwas) leicht schräg irgendwo, an irgendetwas hinstellen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | anlehnen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈanˌleːnən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #55,120 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “anlehnen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
anlehnen is uncommon German at frequency #55,120 among 113,935 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈanˌleːnən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for anlehnen, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is anlehnen, spelled A-N-L-E-H-N-E-N.
Definition
- 1(etwas) leicht schräg irgendwo, an irgendetwas hinstellen
- 2(etwas Verschließbares) nicht ganz zumachen, ein Stückchen offen lassen
- 3sich leicht in eine Richtung neigen und dabei irgendwo Halt finden
- 4sich bei seinem Tun eng nach jemandem oder etwas richten, nach einem Vorbild in ähnlicher Art ausführen
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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.
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Using “anlehnen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-N-L-E-H-N-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.