anpeilen
[ˈanˌpaɪ̯lən]
The verdict
“anpeilen” is uncommon German (frequency #87,393 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,393
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mittels Funk, Kompass oder Ähnliches Lage und Entfernung von etwas ermitteln
Corpus desk
Index DE-anpeilen · anpeilen · German
anpeilen · rank #87,393 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,393
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH anklickt
Nearest frequency peer: anklickt (-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 „anpeilen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- angewendeten
angewendeten
12,611 corpus weight
- angreifende
angreifende
12,610 corpus weight
- anklickt
anklickt
12,609 corpus weight
- anpeilen
anpeilen
12,608 corpus weight
- anstrengend…
anstrengendes
12,607 corpus weight
- anwendbare
anwendbare
12,605 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „anpeilen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | anpeilen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈanˌpaɪ̯lən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #87,393 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „anpeilen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
anpeilen is uncommon German at frequency #87,393 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈanˌpaɪ̯lən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for anpeilen, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists 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 anpeilen, spelled A-N-P-E-I-L-E-N.
Definition
- 1mittels Funk, Kompass oder Ähnliches Lage und Entfernung von etwas ermitteln
- 2etwas zum Ziel nehmen, als Ziel verfolgen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how anpeilen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Beim Radiokompass wird ein in direkter Funkreichweite befindliches Funkfeuer, ein Lang- oder Mittelwellensender, von einem Empfänger im Flugzeug angepeilt und die Flugrichtung relativ zur Funkstandlinie auf einem Display angezeigt.“
„Die Sendestationen sind auch Empfangsstationen und können ihrerseits das fahrende Schiff anpeilen.“
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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