anticipate
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The verdict
“anticipate” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein künftiges Geschehen für wahrscheinlich halten: etwas (auch freudig) erwarten, mit etwas rechnen, etwas vorhersehen
Corpus desk
Index DE-anticipate · anticipate · German
anticipate · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | anticipate |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „anticipate“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
anticipate is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
anticipate has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is anticipate, spelled A-N-T-I-C-I-P-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1ein künftiges Geschehen für wahrscheinlich halten: etwas (auch freudig) erwarten, mit etwas rechnen, etwas vorhersehen
- 2im Voraus handeln oder erwähnen, bei einer Angelegenheit der erste sein: etwas/jemandem zuvorkommen, vorwegnehmen
- 3im Voraus handeln, nachdenken, sprechen, schreiben: vorgreifen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how anticipate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
“[…] with unmixed delight, did she anticipate the fete, which, in her opinion, would eclipse all that ever had preceded it.”
“Things have taken a turn which I could not have anticipated.”
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.