Anstifter
[ˈanˌʃtɪftɐ]
The verdict
“Anstifter” is an uncommon German word, ranked #81,267 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #81,267
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Person, die jemand dazu veranlasst, etwas Falsches/Unrechtmäßiges zu tun
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Anstifter |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈanˌʃtɪftɐ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #81,267 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Anstifter” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Anstifter is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈanˌʃtɪftɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #81,267 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Person, die jemand dazu veranlasst, etwas Falsches/Unrechtmäßiges zu tun".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Anstifter in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Anstifter, spelled A-N-S-T-I-F-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Person, die jemand dazu veranlasst, etwas Falsches/Unrechtmäßiges zu tun
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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Using “Anstifter”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-N-S-T-I-F-T-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈanˌʃtɪftɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.