anschmeicheln
[ˈanˌʃmaɪ̯çl̩n]
The verdict
“anschmeicheln” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas erhalten/erzielen, indem man (wahre oder auch erlogene) Freundlichkeiten ausspricht, jemandem schmeichelt
Corpus desk
Index DE-anschmeicheln · anschmeicheln · German
anschmeicheln · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 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 | anschmeicheln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈanˌʃmaɪ̯çl̩n] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „anschmeicheln“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
anschmeicheln is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈanˌʃmaɪ̯çl̩n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas erhalten/erzielen, indem man (wahre oder auch erlogene) Freundlichkeiten ausspricht, jemandem schmeichelt".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for anschmeicheln, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is anschmeicheln, spelled A-N-S-C-H-M-E-I-C-H-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1etwas erhalten/erzielen, indem man (wahre oder auch erlogene) Freundlichkeiten ausspricht, jemandem schmeichelt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how anschmeicheln appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Sie war bemüht durch tausend Liebkosungen und kleine Ausmerksamkeiten sich ihr anzuschmeicheln […].“
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.