anzüglich
[ˈant͡syːklɪç]
The verdict
“anzüglich” is an uncommon German word, ranked #91,282 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #91,282
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - auf etwas Unangenehmes anspielend
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | anzüglich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈant͡syːklɪç] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #91,282 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “anzüglich” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for anzüglich is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈant͡syːklɪç]. Corpus data places it at rank #91,282 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
anzüglich has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 anzüglich, spelled A-N-Z-Ü-G-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1auf etwas Unangenehmes anspielend
- 2ungehörig, anstößig
- 3anziehend
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “anzüglich”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-N-Z-Ü-G-L-I-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈant͡syːklɪç] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.