Anorak
[ˈanoʁak]
The verdict
“Anorak” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - windabweisende Schlupfjacke, die nur eine Öffnung für den Kopf besitzt
Corpus desk
Index DE-anorak · Anorak · German
Anorak · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Anorak |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈanoʁak] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Anorak“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Anorak is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈanoʁak]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "windabweisende Schlupfjacke, die nur eine Öffnung für den Kopf besitzt".
Anorak has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Anorak, spelled A-N-O-R-A-K.
Definition
- 1windabweisende Schlupfjacke, die nur eine Öffnung für den Kopf besitzt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Anorak appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bei schlechtem Wetter sind Anoraks sehr angenehm.
„Auch treibt sich da ein gewisses keltisches Element herum zwischen den Anoraks und Fellmützen - lange Nasen - häufiger dabei in den Gesichtern von Frauen.“
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.