anschweigen
[ˈanˌʃvaɪ̯ɡn̩]
The verdict
“anschweigen” 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) - nichts zu seinem Gegenüber sagen
Corpus desk
Index DE-anschweigen · anschweigen · German
anschweigen · 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 | anschweigen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈanˌʃvaɪ̯ɡn̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „anschweigen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
anschweigen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈanˌʃvaɪ̯ɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nichts zu seinem Gegenüber sagen".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for anschweigen, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 anschweigen, spelled A-N-S-C-H-W-E-I-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1nichts zu seinem Gegenüber sagen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how anschweigen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Aus der Beziehung der beiden ist die Luft raus, sie schweigen sich nur noch gegenseitig an.
Antonyms
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.