Asana
[ˈaːsana]
The verdict
“Asana” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - für längere Zeit gehaltene (statische) oder in fließenden Bewegungen ausgeführte (dynamische) Körperhaltung /Körperübung, die der Kräftigung, Flexibilität, Entspannung oder Vorbereitung auf die Med...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Asana |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaːsana] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Asana” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Asana is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaːsana]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "für längere Zeit gehaltene (statische) oder in fließenden Bewegungen ausgeführte (dynamische) Körperhaltung /Körperübung, die der Kräftigung, Flexibilität, Entspannung oder Vorbereitung auf die Med...".
Asana 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, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Asana, spelled A-S-A-N-A.
Definition
- 1für längere Zeit gehaltene (statische) oder in fließenden Bewegungen ausgeführte (dynamische) Körperhaltung /Körperübung, die der Kräftigung, Flexibilität, Entspannung oder Vorbereitung auf die Meditation dient oder als Körperhaltung während der Meditation verwendet wird
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Asana”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-S-A-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈaːsana] (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.