anzufreunden

[ˈant͡suˌfʁɔɪ̯ndn̩]

/[ˈant͡suˌfʁɔɪ̯ndn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“anzufreunden” is uncommon German (frequency #87,397 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,397
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs anfreunden

Corpus desk

Index DE-anzufreunden · anzufreunden · German

anzufreunden · rank #87,397 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,397
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH anwendbare

Nearest frequency peer: anwendbare (-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 „anzufreunden“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for anzufreunden
PropertyValue
Headwordanzufreunden
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈant͡suˌfʁɔɪ̯ndn̩]
Letters12
Frequency rank#87,397
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „anzufreunden“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.anzufreundenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „anwendbare“ (#87,396), „anzutreffenden“ (#87,399), „anstrengendes“ (#87,394). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „anzufreunden“ bei #87,397. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

anzufreunden is uncommon German at frequency #87,397 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈant͡suˌfʁɔɪ̯ndn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs anfreunden".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for anzufreunden, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

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 anzufreunden, spelled A-N-Z-U-F-R-E-U-N-D-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs anfreunden

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 "anzufreunden"?
"anzufreunden" is spelled A-N-Z-U-F-R-E-U-N-D-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈant͡suˌfʁɔɪ̯ndn̩].
What does "anzufreunden" mean?
As a verb, "anzufreunden" means: erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs anfreunden
How do you pronounce "anzufreunden"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "anzufreunden" is [ˈant͡suˌfʁɔɪ̯ndn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "anzufreunden" come from?
"anzufreunden" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Arbeitstisch#87,402angewendeten#87,390allgemeinere#87,377aufgehobenen#87,420

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list