anpöbeln
[ˈanˌpøːbl̩n]
The verdict
“anpöbeln” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit beleidigenden Äußerungen andere Menschen belästigen
Corpus desk
Index DE-anpobeln · anpöbeln · German
anpöbeln · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | anpöbeln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈanˌpøːbl̩n] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „anpöbeln“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
anpöbeln is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈanˌpøːbl̩n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mit beleidigenden Äußerungen andere Menschen belästigen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for anpöbeln, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 anpöbeln, spelled A-N-P-Ö-B-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1mit beleidigenden Äußerungen andere Menschen belästigen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how anpöbeln appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Später betrinkt sich Klaus aus Frust und pöbelt Brian an, der aber ruhig bleibt.“
„Ständig provozierend suchen sie die Konfrontation. Als dann Jane von Hunter angepöbelt wird, greift Summy mit einem Kinnhaken ein.“
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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.