rankommen

[ˈʁanˌkɔmən]

/[ˈʁanˌkɔmən]/ verb

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The verdict

“rankommen” is uncommon German (frequency #51,618 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,618
frequency rank, German
2,984
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas erreichen können

Corpus desk

Index DE-rankommen · rankommen · German

rankommen · rank #51,618 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,618
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,984
  • PHOTO-FINISH Radebeul

Nearest frequency peer: Radebeul (-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 „rankommen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for rankommen
PropertyValue
Headwordrankommen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈʁanˌkɔmən]
Letters9
Frequency rank#51,618
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „rankommen“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).rankommenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Radebeul“ (#51,617), „raubte“ (#51,619), „raushängen“ (#51,620). Unter 2,984 „R“-Lemmata liegt „rankommen“ bei #51,618. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

rankommen is uncommon German at frequency #51,618 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʁanˌkɔmən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas erreichen können".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for rankommen, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is rankommen, spelled R-A-N-K-O-M-M-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas erreichen können

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how rankommen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ich komm da so nicht ran!
  2. Hilf mir bitte, damit ich da rankomme.

Synonyms

herankommen

This word in other languages

atteindre(Français)

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 "rankommen"?
"rankommen" is spelled R-A-N-K-O-M-M-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʁanˌkɔmən].
What does "rankommen" mean?
As a verb, "rankommen" means: etwas erreichen können
How do you pronounce "rankommen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rankommen" is [ˈʁanˌkɔmən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rankommen" come from?
"rankommen" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

prägnante#51,612reguläres#51,627reichende#51,628Pipelines#51,598

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list