anxious
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The verdict
“anxious” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - um Hilfe und Unterstützung bemüht, voller Sorge
Corpus desk
Index DE-anxious · anxious · German
anxious · 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 | anxious |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „anxious“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
anxious is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
anxious has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 anxious, spelled A-N-X-I-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1um Hilfe und Unterstützung bemüht, voller Sorge
- 2voller eifer oder Besorgnis etwas zu tun
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how anxious appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
She was anxious if we don't arrive when we say we will.
The company was anxious to avoid any trouble.
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.