anzeichnen
[ˈanˌt͡saɪ̯çnən]
The verdict
“anzeichnen” 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) - (etwas) gut sichtbar an eine Tafel oder Ähnliches zeichnen
Corpus desk
Index DE-anzeichnen · anzeichnen · German
anzeichnen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | anzeichnen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈanˌt͡saɪ̯çnən] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „anzeichnen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
anzeichnen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈanˌt͡saɪ̯çnən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
anzeichnen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is anzeichnen, spelled A-N-Z-E-I-C-H-N-E-N.
Definition
- 1(etwas) gut sichtbar an eine Tafel oder Ähnliches zeichnen
- 2(etwas) mit einer Markierung versehen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how anzeichnen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Alle starrten wir auf das Flipchart, auf dem der Seminarleiter ein völlig unverständliches Flussdiagrann angezeichnet hatte.
„Im Anzeigenteil waren mit Bleistift mehrere Inserate angezeichnet, durchwegs professionelle Kontakte.“
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.