anprangern
[ˈanˌpʁaŋɐn]
The verdict
“anprangern” is uncommon German (frequency #62,174 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,174
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - öffentlich anklagen, denunzieren, bloßstellen; an den Pranger stellen
Corpus desk
Index DE-anprangern · anprangern · German
anprangern · rank #62,174 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,174
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH anorganischen
Nearest frequency peer: anorganischen (-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 „anprangern“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Angewohnhei…
Angewohnheiten
37,830 corpus weight
- anhänglich
anhänglich
37,829 corpus weight
- anorganisch…
anorganischen
37,828 corpus weight
- anprangern
anprangern
37,827 corpus weight
- Ansichtskar…
Ansichtskarten
37,826 corpus weight
- anspringt
anspringt
37,825 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „anprangern“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | anprangern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈanˌpʁaŋɐn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #62,174 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „anprangern“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
anprangern is uncommon German at frequency #62,174 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈanˌpʁaŋɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "öffentlich anklagen, denunzieren, bloßstellen; an den Pranger stellen".
No misspelling variants are generated for anprangern in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is anprangern, spelled A-N-P-R-A-N-G-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1öffentlich anklagen, denunzieren, bloßstellen; an den Pranger stellen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how anprangern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das Journalistenkonsortium ICIJ, das im Frühjahr auf Briefkastenfirmen in Panama aufmerksam gemacht hatte, hat am Mittwoch Informationen über finanzielle Aktivitäten Prominenter auf den Bahamas veröffentlicht. Insbesondere wird die frühere EU-Wettbewerbskommissarin Neelie Kroes angeprangert.“
„Vor allem die mutigen Predigten des Bischofs von Münster, Clemens August Graf von Galen, der ausgehend vom fünften Gebot – ‚Du sollst nicht töten‘ – diese Morde anprangert, führen dazu, dass Hitler am 24. August 1941 die Einstellung der Euthanasieaktion befiehlt.“
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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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