anspruchslos

[ˈanʃpʁʊxsˌloːs]

/[ˈanʃpʁʊxsˌloːs]/ adj

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The verdict

“anspruchslos” is uncommon German (frequency #64,968 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,968
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit wenig zufrieden sein, keine großen Ansprüche stellend

Corpus desk

Index DE-anspruchslos · anspruchslos · German

anspruchslos · rank #64,968 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,968
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH anpackt

Nearest frequency peer: anpackt (-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 „anspruchslos“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for anspruchslos
PropertyValue
Headwordanspruchslos
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈanʃpʁʊxsˌloːs]
Letters12
Frequency rank#64,968
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „anspruchslos“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).anspruchslosfällt 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: „anpackt“ (#64,967), „Anthologien“ (#64,969), „anliegt“ (#64,966). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „anspruchslos“ bei #64,968. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

anspruchslos is uncommon German at frequency #64,968 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈanʃpʁʊxsˌloːs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for anspruchslos in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is anspruchslos, spelled A-N-S-P-R-U-C-H-S-L-O-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    mit wenig zufrieden sein, keine großen Ansprüche stellend
  2. 2
    nicht sehr niveauvoll, von geringem ästhetischem Wert, nur dem Vergnügen dienend, kein Mitdenken benötigend

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Kakteen sind ziemlich anspruchslos.
  2. Das Fjordpferd gilt, wie die meisten Ponyrassen, als robust, anspruchslos, ausgeglichen, gelehrig und langlebig.

Antonyms

unersättlich

This word in other languages

modest(English)modesto(Español)modeste(Français)

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 "anspruchslos"?
"anspruchslos" is spelled A-N-S-P-R-U-C-H-S-L-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈanʃpʁʊxsˌloːs].
What does "anspruchslos" mean?
As an adjective, "anspruchslos" means: mit wenig zufrieden sein, keine großen Ansprüche stellend
How do you pronounce "anspruchslos"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "anspruchslos" is [ˈanʃpʁʊxsˌloːs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Apfelstrudel#64,972angestachelt#64,962analytischer#64,957arrangierten#64,979

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list