anstimmen

[ˈanˌʃtɪmən]

/[ˈanˌʃtɪmən]/ verb

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for anstimmen
PropertyValue
Headwordanstimmen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈanˌʃtɪmən]
Letters9
Frequency rank#69,993
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „anstimmen“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).anstimmenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „anordnete“ (#69,992), „Anthrax“ (#69,994), „Annex“ (#69,991). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „anstimmen“ bei #69,993. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    ein Musikstück anfangen
  2. 2
    mit einer Lautäußerung beginnen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Das war das Zeichen, die italienische Nationalhymne anzustimmen.“
  2. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "anstimmen"?
"anstimmen" is spelled A-N-S-T-I-M-M-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈanˌʃtɪmən].
What does "anstimmen" mean?
As a verb, "anstimmen" means: ein Musikstück anfangen
How do you pronounce "anstimmen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "anstimmen" is [ˈanˌʃtɪmən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "anstimmen" come from?
"anstimmen" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list