anweisen

[ˈanvaɪ̯zn̩]

/[ˈanvaɪ̯zn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“anweisen” is uncommon German (frequency #71,089 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,089
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas zuteilen, zuweisen, zum Beispiel einen Sitzplatz, einen Geldbetrag

Corpus desk

Index DE-anweisen · anweisen · German

anweisen · rank #71,089 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,089
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Antiamerikani…

Nearest frequency peer: Antiamerikanismus (-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 „anweisen“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for anweisen
PropertyValue
Headwordanweisen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈanvaɪ̯zn̩]
Letters8
Frequency rank#71,089
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „anweisen“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Antiamerikanismus“ (#71,088), „anstrengt“ (#71,087), „anzustrengen“ (#71,091). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „anweisen“ bei #71,089. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

anweisen is uncommon German at frequency #71,089 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈanvaɪ̯zn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

anweisen has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is anweisen, spelled A-N-W-E-I-S-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas zuteilen, zuweisen, zum Beispiel einen Sitzplatz, einen Geldbetrag
  2. 2
    eine Weisung, eine Anordnung erteilen
  3. 3
    jemanden anleiten, unterweisen
  4. 4
    die Auszahlung einer Geldsumme veranlassen, eine Überweisung anordnen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Er ließ sich vom Kellner einen Tisch anweisen.
  2. Der Minister wies die Behörde an, dem Gesuch stattzugeben.

Synonyms

zuteilen

This word in other languages

assign(English)asignar(Español)assigner(Français)

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 "anweisen"?
"anweisen" is spelled A-N-W-E-I-S-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈanvaɪ̯zn̩].
What does "anweisen" mean?
As a verb, "anweisen" means: etwas zuteilen, zuweisen, zum Beispiel einen Sitzplatz, einen Geldbetrag
How do you pronounce "anweisen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "anweisen" is [ˈanvaɪ̯zn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "anweisen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

anknüpft#71,085académie#71,067abstammt#71,062absegnen#71,061

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list