antauen
[ˈanˌtaʊ̯ən]
The verdict
“antauen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in geringem Ausmaß durch Wärmezufuhr vom festen in den flüssigen Zustand ohne stoffliche Veränderung überführen
Corpus desk
Index DE-antauen · antauen · German
antauen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | antauen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈanˌtaʊ̯ən] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „antauen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
antauen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈanˌtaʊ̯ən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
antauen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is antauen, spelled A-N-T-A-U-E-N.
Definition
- 1in geringem Ausmaß durch Wärmezufuhr vom festen in den flüssigen Zustand ohne stoffliche Veränderung überführen
- 2in geringem Ausmaß durch Wärmezufuhr vom festen in den flüssigen Zustand ohne stoffliche Veränderung übergehen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how antauen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„‚Für den Winter unverzichtbar sind Eiskratzer und Defrosterspray. Damit lässt sich das Eis auf den Scheiben antauen und leichter entfernen‘, sagt Ulrich Köster vom ZDK.“
„Thunfisch aus dem Gefrierfach nehmen, mit Zitronensaft beträufeln und 30 Minuten antauen lassen.“
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.