annektieren
[anɛkˈtiːʁən]
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
- Anhängerkup…
Anhängerkupplung
23,509 corpus weight
- anhängt
anhängt
23,508 corpus weight
- anmelde
anmelde
23,507 corpus weight
- annektieren
annektieren
23,506 corpus weight
- anreichern
anreichern
23,505 corpus weight
- anschaulich…
anschaulicher
23,504 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „annektieren“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | annektieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [anɛkˈtiːʁən] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #76,495 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „annektieren“ im Deutschen
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(sich etwas) gewaltsam aneignen, in Besitz nehmen, beispielsweise den Teil eines fremden Staates
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how annektieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„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.“
„Der Kreml nutzte das Machtvakuum in Kiew aus, um im März 2014 die Krim zu annektieren.“
Antonyms
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.
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