anschwimmen
[ˈanˌʃvɪmən]
The verdict
“anschwimmen” 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) - in die Richtung eines bestimmten Ziels schwimmen
Corpus desk
Index DE-anschwimmen · anschwimmen · German
anschwimmen · 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 | anschwimmen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈanˌʃvɪmən] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „anschwimmen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
anschwimmen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈanˌʃvɪmən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for anschwimmen, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is anschwimmen, spelled A-N-S-C-H-W-I-M-M-E-N.
Definition
- 1in die Richtung eines bestimmten Ziels schwimmen
- 2schwimmend näher kommen
- 3beim Schwimmen einen Widerstand überwinden müssen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how anschwimmen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Kinder schwimmen am Baggersee gerne die kleine Badeinsel an.
Die Delfine sind elegant angeschwommen.
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.