annektieren

[anɛkˈtiːʁən]

/[anɛkˈtiːʁən]/ verb

The verdict

“annektieren” is uncommon German (frequency #76,495 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,495
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (sich etwas) gewaltsam aneignen, in Besitz nehmen, beispielsweise den Teil eines fremden Staates

Corpus desk

Index DE-annektieren · annektieren · German

annektieren · rank #76,495 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,495
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH anmelde

Nearest frequency peer: anmelde (-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 „annektieren“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for annektieren
PropertyValue
Headwordannektieren
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[anɛkˈtiːʁən]
Letters11
Frequency rank#76,495
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „annektieren“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „anmelde“ (#76,494), „anreichern“ (#76,496), „anhängt“ (#76,493). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „annektieren“ bei #76,495. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

annektieren is uncommon German at frequency #76,495 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [anɛkˈtiːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(sich etwas) gewaltsam aneignen, in Besitz nehmen, beispielsweise den Teil eines fremden Staates".

No misspelling variants are generated for annektieren in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is annektieren, spelled A-N-N-E-K-T-I-E-R-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    (sich etwas) gewaltsam aneignen, in Besitz nehmen, beispielsweise den Teil eines fremden Staates

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Bekannt ist, dass Mexiko schon länger eine Rückgabe von Gebieten fordert, die vor Jahren von den USA völkerrechtswidrig annektiert wurden. Das sind Texas, Kalifornien, Arizona, New Mexiko, Utah, Nevada und Teile von Colorado und Wyoming.“
  2. „Der Kreml nutzte das Machtvakuum in Kiew aus, um im März 2014 die Krim zu annektieren.“

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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 "annektieren"?
"annektieren" is spelled A-N-N-E-K-T-I-E-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [anɛkˈtiːʁən].
What does "annektieren" mean?
As a verb, "annektieren" means: (sich etwas) gewaltsam aneignen, in Besitz nehmen, beispielsweise den Teil eines fremden Staates
How do you pronounce "annektieren"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "annektieren" is [anɛkˈtiːʁən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "annektieren" come from?
"annektieren" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list