annan

[`noːɡɔn]

/[`noːɡɔn]/ pron

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The verdict

“annan” is uncommon German (frequency #69,990 among 113,935 “A” headwords), classed as a pronoun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,990
frequency rank, German
113,935
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - nicht der, die, das Gleiche, was schon genannt wurde oder ungenannt naheliegt; ein anderer, eine andere, andere

Key facts for annan
PropertyValue
Headwordannan
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPronoun
IPA[`noːɡɔn]
Letters5
Frequency rank#69,990
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “annan” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). annan lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

annan is uncommon German at frequency #69,990 among 113,935 “A” headwords, classed as apronoun, transcribed [`noːɡɔn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for annan, 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 no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is annan, spelled A-N-N-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    nicht der, die, das Gleiche, was schon genannt wurde oder ungenannt naheliegt; ein anderer, eine andere, andere
  2. 2
    wer anders
  3. 3
    etwas anderes
  4. 4
    andre

Antonyms

samma

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 "annan"?
"annan" is spelled A-N-N-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is [`noːɡɔn].
What does "annan" mean?
As a pronoun, "annan" means: nicht der, die, das Gleiche, was schon genannt wurde oder ungenannt naheliegt; ein anderer, eine andere, andere
How do you pronounce "annan"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "annan" is [`noːɡɔn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "annan" come from?
"annan" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “annan”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is A-N-N-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [`noːɡɔn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list