annan

[`noːɡɔn]

/[`noːɡɔn]/ pron

By · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) ·

The verdict

“annan” is uncommon German (frequency #69,990 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a pronoun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,990
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nicht der, die, das Gleiche, was schon genannt wurde oder ungenannt naheliegt; ein anderer, eine andere, andere

Corpus desk

Index DE-annan · annan · German

annan · rank #69,990 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #69,990
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH anmutige

Nearest frequency peer: anmutige (-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 „annan“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for annan
PropertyValue
Headwordannan
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPronoun
IPA[`noːɡɔn]
Letters5
Frequency rank#69,990
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „annan“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „anmutige“ (#69,989), „Annex“ (#69,991), „anleiten“ (#69,988). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „annan“ bei #69,990. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

annan is uncommon German at frequency #69,990 among 6,976 “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

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Det var nog en annan flicka som kom förbi.
  2. Finns det ett annat bevis?

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.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Annex#69,991Armor#70,003Aruba#70,007ASEAN#70,009

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list