anschließen
[ˈanˌʃliːsn̩]
The verdict
“anschließen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich zu einer Gruppe gesellen
Corpus desk
Index DE-anschlie-en · anschließen · German
anschließen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | anschließen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈanˌʃliːsn̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „anschließen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
anschließen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈanˌʃliːsn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
anschließen has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. 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 borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is anschließen, spelled A-N-S-C-H-L-I-E-S-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1sich zu einer Gruppe gesellen
- 2eine Aussage eines anderen (bedingungslos) übernehmen / annehmen / zustimmen
- 3auf, nach etwas folgen
- 4eine (elektrische) Verbindung herstellen
- 5etwas an etwas (mit einem Schloss) sichern
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how anschließen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wartet auf mich, ich schließe mich euch an!
Deiner Meinung kann ich mich nur anschließen
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.