anspannen
[ˈanˌʃpanən]
The verdict
“anspannen” is uncommon German (frequency #68,986 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,986
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Zugtiere mit einem Fahrzeug oder Schlitten verbinden
Corpus desk
Index DE-anspannen · anspannen · German
anspannen · rank #68,986 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,986
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH anschneiden
Nearest frequency peer: anschneiden (-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 „anspannen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- angewandter
angewandter
31,020 corpus weight
- ankommst
ankommst
31,019 corpus weight
- anmutet
anmutet
31,018 corpus weight
- anschneiden
anschneiden
31,016 corpus weight
- anspannen
anspannen
31,015 corpus weight
- anziehende
anziehende
31,012 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „anspannen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | anspannen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈanˌʃpanən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #68,986 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „anspannen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
anspannen is uncommon German at frequency #68,986 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈanˌʃpanən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
anspannen has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is anspannen, spelled A-N-S-P-A-N-N-E-N.
Definition
- 1Zugtiere mit einem Fahrzeug oder Schlitten verbinden
- 2durch Zug dehnen
- 3in eine angestrengte Lage übergehen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how anspannen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Im Familienbetrieb ist es erforderlich, daß auch Frauen und Kinder die Pferde anspannen und mit ihnen arbeiten können, ohne ängstlich zu sein.“
„Darauf ließ er vier Pferde anspannen, und diese brachten den Wagen, wenngleich nur mit genauer Not, fort.“
Antonyms
This word in other languages
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.
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