anschwärmen
[ˈanˌʃvɛʁmən]
The verdict
“anschwärmen” 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) - außerordentlich oder übertrieben bewundern, lieben, verehren
Corpus desk
Index DE-anschwarmen · anschwärmen · German
anschwärmen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | anschwärmen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈanˌʃvɛʁmən] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „anschwärmen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
anschwärmen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈanˌʃvɛʁmən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for anschwärmen in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is anschwärmen, spelled A-N-S-C-H-W-Ä-R-M-E-N.
Definition
- 1außerordentlich oder übertrieben bewundern, lieben, verehren
- 2sich in großer Menge, in Scharen (im Schwarm) nähern, herankommen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how anschwärmen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Als Teenager hat man so manche Boygroup angeschwärmt.
Gegen Abend sind ekelhafte Stechmücken angeschwärmt.
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.