anstacheln
[ˈanˌʃtaxl̩n]
The verdict
“anstacheln” is uncommon German (frequency #93,943 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,943
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zu besseren Leistungen, größerer Anstrengung motivieren, treiben
Corpus desk
Index DE-anstacheln · anstacheln · German
anstacheln · rank #93,943 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,943
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH ansässiger
Nearest frequency peer: ansässiger (+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 „anstacheln“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Ankerplatz
Ankerplatz
6,062 corpus weight
- anlegten
anlegten
6,060 corpus weight
- anstacheln
anstacheln
6,058 corpus weight
- ansässiger
ansässiger
6,057 corpus weight
- antirassist…
antirassistische
6,056 corpus weight
- Antrittsvor…
Antrittsvorlesung
6,055 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „anstacheln“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | anstacheln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈanˌʃtaxl̩n] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #93,943 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „anstacheln“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
anstacheln is uncommon German at frequency #93,943 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈanˌʃtaxl̩n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "zu besseren Leistungen, größerer Anstrengung motivieren, treiben".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for anstacheln, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 anstacheln, spelled A-N-S-T-A-C-H-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1zu besseren Leistungen, größerer Anstrengung motivieren, treiben
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how anstacheln appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Auf jeden Fall wird es den Ehrgeiz der Chinesen weiter anstacheln, technologisch auf eigenen Füßen zu stehen.“
„Einer der Organisatoren der Proteste ist Joshua Wong, dessen zwischenzeitliche Festnahme die Regenschirm-Bewegung nur noch weiter anstachelt.“
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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