anlehnen

/[ˈanˌleːnən]/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#55,120

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

anlehnen is aGermanverb. It means: (etwas) leicht schräg irgendwo, an irgendetwas hinstellen Pronounced [ˈanˌleːnən].

Key facts for anlehnen
PropertyValue
Headwordanlehnen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈanˌleːnən]
Letters8
Frequency rank#55,120
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of anlehnen in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for anlehnen is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈanˌleːnən]. Corpus data places it at rank #55,120 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for anlehnen in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is anlehnen, spelled A-N-L-E-H-N-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    (etwas) leicht schräg irgendwo, an irgendetwas hinstellen
  2. 2
    (etwas Verschließbares) nicht ganz zumachen, ein Stückchen offen lassen
  3. 3
    sich leicht in eine Richtung neigen und dabei irgendwo Halt finden
  4. 4
    sich bei seinem Tun eng nach jemandem oder etwas richten, nach einem Vorbild in ähnlicher Art ausführen

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #55,120 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "anlehnen"?
"anlehnen" is spelled A-N-L-E-H-N-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈanˌleːnən].
What does "anlehnen" mean?
As a verb, "anlehnen" means: (etwas) leicht schräg irgendwo, an irgendetwas hinstellen
How do you pronounce "anlehnen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "anlehnen" is [ˈanˌleːnən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "anlehnen" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.