anstreichen

/[ˈanˌʃtʁaɪ̯çn̩]/ verb

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#75,362

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

anstreichen is aGermanverb. It means: Farbe auftragen Pronounced [ˈanˌʃtʁaɪ̯çn̩].

Key facts for anstreichen
PropertyValue
Headwordanstreichen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈanˌʃtʁaɪ̯çn̩]
Letters11
Frequency rank#75,362
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of anstreichen in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for anstreichen is 11 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈanˌʃtʁaɪ̯çn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #75,362 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for anstreichen in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is anstreichen, spelled A-N-S-T-R-E-I-C-H-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Farbe auftragen
  2. 2
    durch ein schriftliches Zeichen markieren, hervorheben (in einem Text)
  3. 3
    ein Streichholz mit dem Kopf über die Reibefläche ziehen und damit entzünden
  4. 4
    heimzahlen, Rache nehmen
  5. 5
    heranfliegen (jagdbare Vögel)
  6. 6
    damit beginnen, eine oder mehrere Saiten eines Instruments mit dem Bogen zu streichen

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Frequency rank: #75,362 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "anstreichen"?
"anstreichen" is spelled A-N-S-T-R-E-I-C-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈanˌʃtʁaɪ̯çn̩].
What does "anstreichen" mean?
As a verb, "anstreichen" means: Farbe auftragen
How do you pronounce "anstreichen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "anstreichen" is [ˈanˌʃtʁaɪ̯çn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "anstreichen" come from?
"anstreichen" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.