Anspielung
German, noun[ˈanˌʃpiːlʊŋ]
Anspielung is spelled A-N-S-P-I-E-L-U-N-G (10 letters) and appears 5.2 times per million words in written German, the 11,837th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anspielung is a German feminine noun meaning “allusion (indirect reference; a hint), innuendo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein beiläufiger, subtiler Verweis”.
What does Anspielung mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineallusion (indirect reference; a hint), innuendo
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein beiläufiger, subtiler Verweis
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Anspielung
- Anspielungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Anspielung?
- [ˈanˌʃpiːlʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Anspielung
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Anspielung in German?
Anspielung appears 5.2 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).