anspornen

[ˈanˌʃpɔʁnən]

/[ˈanˌʃpɔʁnən]/ verb

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The verdict

“anspornen” is uncommon German (frequency #95,250 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,250
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemanden dazu treiben, sich mehr anzustrengen

Corpus desk

Index DE-anspornen · anspornen · German

anspornen · rank #95,250 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #95,250
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH anspruchsvoll…

Nearest frequency peer: anspruchsvolleren (+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 „anspornen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for anspornen
PropertyValue
Headwordanspornen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈanˌʃpɔʁnən]
Letters9
Frequency rank#95,250
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „anspornen“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „anspruchsvolleren“ (#95,251), „Anstands“ (#95,252), „Antiquar“ (#95,253). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „anspornen“ bei #95,250. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

anspornen is uncommon German at frequency #95,250 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈanˌʃpɔʁnən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for anspornen, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is anspornen, spelled A-N-S-P-O-R-N-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    jemanden dazu treiben, sich mehr anzustrengen
  2. 2
    dem Pferd die Sporen geben

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Ein gutes Zeichen spornt den Handwerker zu besseren Leistungen in Schrift und Farbe an.“
  2. „Ermutigung und positive Auseinandersetzung kann uns hingegen zu Höchstleistungen anspornen.“

Synonyms

anfeuernanreizenermutigenantreibenanregenmotivierenstimulierenencouragierenaneiferndie Sporen geben

This word in other languages

encourage(English)espolear(Español)stimuler(Français)estimular(Português)

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 "anspornen"?
"anspornen" is spelled A-N-S-P-O-R-N-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈanˌʃpɔʁnən].
What does "anspornen" mean?
As a verb, "anspornen" means: jemanden dazu treiben, sich mehr anzustrengen
How do you pronounce "anspornen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "anspornen" is [ˈanˌʃpɔʁnən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "anspornen" come from?
"anspornen" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

angeredet#95,242Armeniens#95,269Altarbild#95,230Alphabete#95,227

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list