anschwindeln
[ˈanˌʃvɪndl̩n]
The verdict
“anschwindeln” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemandem nicht die (ganze) Wahrheit, sondern stattdessen eine Unwahrheit (Schwindel, Schwindelei) erzählen
Corpus desk
Index DE-anschwindeln · anschwindeln · German
anschwindeln · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | anschwindeln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈanˌʃvɪndl̩n] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „anschwindeln“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
anschwindeln is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈanˌʃvɪndl̩n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemandem nicht die (ganze) Wahrheit, sondern stattdessen eine Unwahrheit (Schwindel, Schwindelei) erzählen".
No misspelling variants are generated for anschwindeln in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is anschwindeln, spelled A-N-S-C-H-W-I-N-D-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1jemandem nicht die (ganze) Wahrheit, sondern stattdessen eine Unwahrheit (Schwindel, Schwindelei) erzählen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how anschwindeln appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Du hast mich doch nicht angeschwindelt, oder?
Schwindel mich nicht an! Hast du wieder geraucht?
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.