anmalen

[ˈanˌmaːlən]

/[ˈanˌmaːlən]/ verb

The verdict

“anmalen” is uncommon German (frequency #61,277 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,277
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Farbe auf einen Gegenstand auftragen

Corpus desk

Index DE-anmalen · anmalen · German

anmalen · rank #61,277 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,277
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Anlegestelle

Nearest frequency peer: Anlegestelle (-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 „anmalen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for anmalen
PropertyValue
Headwordanmalen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈanˌmaːlən]
Letters7
Frequency rank#61,277
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „anmalen“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).anmalenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Anlegestelle“ (#61,276), „Ankunftszeit“ (#61,275), „anzetteln“ (#61,279). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „anmalen“ bei #61,277. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

anmalen is uncommon German at frequency #61,277 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈanˌmaːlən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

anmalen has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is anmalen, spelled A-N-M-A-L-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Farbe auf einen Gegenstand auftragen
  2. 2
    etwas auf eine (senkrechte) Fläche zeichnen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. In der Bastelstunde haben wir heute Steine angemalt,
  2. Auf der Tafel malte der Lehrer ein Diagramm an, das die Schüler abzeichnen sollten.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

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 "anmalen"?
"anmalen" is spelled A-N-M-A-L-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈanˌmaːlən].
What does "anmalen" mean?
As a verb, "anmalen" means: Farbe auf einen Gegenstand auftragen
How do you pronounce "anmalen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "anmalen" is [ˈanˌmaːlən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "anmalen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "anmalen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list