Annex
[aˈnɛks]
The verdict
“Annex” is uncommon German (frequency #69,991 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,991
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (hinterher) angebauter Gebäudeteil
Corpus desk
Index DE-annex · Annex · German
Annex · rank #69,991 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,991
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH annan
Nearest frequency peer: annan (-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 „Annex“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- anleiten
anleiten
30,013 corpus weight
- anmutige
anmutige
30,012 corpus weight
- annan
annan
30,011 corpus weight
- Annex
Annex
30,010 corpus weight
- anordnete
anordnete
30,009 corpus weight
- anstimmen
anstimmen
30,008 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Annex“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Annex |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aˈnɛks] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #69,991 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Annex“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Annex is uncommon German at frequency #69,991 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [aˈnɛks]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Annex doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Annex, spelled A-N-N-E-X.
Definition
- 1(hinterher) angebauter Gebäudeteil
- 2Anhang zu einem Vertragswerk
- 3Anhängsel, Kleinigkeit, die keinen eigenen, bedeutenden Wert hat
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Annex appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wir wohnten im Annex.
Die betroffenen Niederlassungen sind abschließend im Annex aufgeführt.
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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