anstauen
[ˈanˌʃtaʊ̯ən]
The verdict
“anstauen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas am Abfließen oder Abtransport hindern
Corpus desk
Index DE-anstauen · anstauen · German
anstauen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | anstauen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈanˌʃtaʊ̯ən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „anstauen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
anstauen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈanˌʃtaʊ̯ən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for anstauen in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is anstauen, spelled A-N-S-T-A-U-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas am Abfließen oder Abtransport hindern
- 2sich verstärkt ansammeln
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how anstauen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Auf einer Fläche von etwa 250 mal 100 Metern bauten die Biber - vermutlich ein Elternpaar mit drei bis vier Jungen - in den vergangenen Jahren mehrere imposante Dämme, mit denen sie den dort verlaufenden Bach anstauten.
Seit der Biber den Bach regelmäßig anstaut, gibt es Probleme mit den Drainagen.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.