anstimmen
[ˈanˌʃtɪmən]
The verdict
“anstimmen” is uncommon German (frequency #69,993 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,993
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Musikstück anfangen
Corpus desk
Index DE-anstimmen · anstimmen · German
anstimmen · rank #69,993 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,993
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH anordnete
Nearest frequency peer: anordnete (-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 „anstimmen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- annan
annan
30,011 corpus weight
- Annex
Annex
30,010 corpus weight
- anordnete
anordnete
30,009 corpus weight
- anstimmen
anstimmen
30,008 corpus weight
- Anthrax
Anthrax
30,007 corpus weight
- antidemokra…
antidemokratischen
30,006 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „anstimmen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | anstimmen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈanˌʃtɪmən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #69,993 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „anstimmen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
anstimmen is uncommon German at frequency #69,993 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈanˌʃtɪmən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for anstimmen, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 anstimmen, spelled A-N-S-T-I-M-M-E-N.
Definition
- 1ein Musikstück anfangen
- 2mit einer Lautäußerung beginnen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how anstimmen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das war das Zeichen, die italienische Nationalhymne anzustimmen.“
Aus Protest stimmten sie ein infernalisches Geheul an.
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); 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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