anpirschen
[ˈanˌpɪʁʃn̩]
The verdict
“anpirschen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich möglichst lautlos und unauffällig zu etwas hinbewegen
Corpus desk
Index DE-anpirschen · anpirschen · German
anpirschen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | anpirschen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈanˌpɪʁʃn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „anpirschen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
anpirschen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈanˌpɪʁʃn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sich möglichst lautlos und unauffällig zu etwas hinbewegen".
anpirschen has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 anpirschen, spelled A-N-P-I-R-S-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1sich möglichst lautlos und unauffällig zu etwas hinbewegen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how anpirschen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er pirschte sich näher an die Tür an, um dem Gespräch dahinter besser lauschen zu können.
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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.