anschwitzen

[ˈanˌʃvɪt͡sn̩]

/[ˈanˌʃvɪt͡sn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“anschwitzen” is uncommon German (frequency #84,920 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#84,920
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - bei kleiner Hitze langsam in Fett garen, ohne Röststoffe zu bilden

Corpus desk

Index DE-anschwitzen · anschwitzen · German

anschwitzen · rank #84,920 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #84,920
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH annehmbare

Nearest frequency peer: annehmbare (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „anschwitzen“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „anschwitzen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for anschwitzen
PropertyValue
Headwordanschwitzen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈanˌʃvɪt͡sn̩]
Letters11
Frequency rank#84,920
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „anschwitzen“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.anschwitzenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „annehmbare“ (#84,919), „ansprichst“ (#84,921), „anstellst“ (#84,922). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „anschwitzen“ bei #84,920. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

anschwitzen is uncommon German at frequency #84,920 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈanˌʃvɪt͡sn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "bei kleiner Hitze langsam in Fett garen, ohne Röststoffe zu bilden".

anschwitzen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is anschwitzen, spelled A-N-S-C-H-W-I-T-Z-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    bei kleiner Hitze langsam in Fett garen, ohne Röststoffe zu bilden

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how anschwitzen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Die klein gewürfelten Zwiebeln werden zunächst in etwas Butter sanft angeschwitzt.

Antonyms

anbratenandünsten

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "anschwitzen"?
"anschwitzen" is spelled A-N-S-C-H-W-I-T-Z-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈanˌʃvɪt͡sn̩].
What does "anschwitzen" mean?
As a verb, "anschwitzen" means: bei kleiner Hitze langsam in Fett garen, ohne Röststoffe zu bilden
How do you pronounce "anschwitzen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "anschwitzen" is [ˈanˌʃvɪt͡sn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "anschwitzen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "anschwitzen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

angerufenen#84,915angehauchte#84,914Angebeteten#84,910assistierte#84,936

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list