anschieben

[ˈanˌʃiːbn̩]

/[ˈanˌʃiːbn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“anschieben” is uncommon German (frequency #74,295 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,295
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - durch Schubkraft etwas/jemanden in Bewegung, in Gang bringen

Corpus desk

Index DE-anschieben · anschieben · German

anschieben · rank #74,295 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #74,295
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Anionen

Nearest frequency peer: Anionen (-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 „anschieben“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „anschieben“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for anschieben
PropertyValue
Headwordanschieben
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈanˌʃiːbn̩]
Letters10
Frequency rank#74,295
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „anschieben“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.anschiebenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Anionen“ (#74,294), „anspreche“ (#74,296), „Angstgegner“ (#74,293). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „anschieben“ bei #74,295. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

anschieben is uncommon German at frequency #74,295 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈanˌʃiːbn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for anschieben, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is anschieben, spelled A-N-S-C-H-I-E-B-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    durch Schubkraft etwas/jemanden in Bewegung, in Gang bringen
  2. 2
    dafür sorgen, dass etwas (ein Projekt, ein Vorhaben) beginnt, schneller vorangeht
  3. 3
    etwas näher an eine bestimmte Stelle schieben, in Kontakt mit etwas bringen
  4. 4
    gemächlich, mit lässigen Schritten näher kommen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how anschieben appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Zu unserer großen Freude schob uns Papa beim Schlittenfahren immer noch kräftig an.
  2. Vielleicht springt der Motor wieder an, wenn das Auto angeschoben wird.

Antonyms

fortschiebenwegschieben

This word in other languages

push(English)empujar(Español)pousser(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "anschieben"?
"anschieben" is spelled A-N-S-C-H-I-E-B-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈanˌʃiːbn̩].
What does "anschieben" mean?
As a verb, "anschieben" means: durch Schubkraft etwas/jemanden in Bewegung, in Gang bringen
How do you pronounce "anschieben"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "anschieben" is [ˈanˌʃiːbn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "anschieben" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "anschieben", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list