rasselt an

/[ˌʁasl̩t ˈan]/ verb

The verdict

“rasselt an” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a verb — the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
10
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs anrasseln

Key facts for rasselt an
PropertyValue
Headwordrasselt an
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˌʁasl̩t ˈan]
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “rasselt an” sits in German frequency

rasselt an falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words — the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for rasselt an is 10 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌʁasl̩t ˈan]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for rasselt an in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is rasselt an, spelled R-A-S-S-E-L-T- -A-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs anrasseln
  2. 2
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Hauptsatzkonjugation des Verbs anrasseln
  3. 3
    2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Hauptsatzkonjugation des Verbs anrasseln
  4. 4
    2. Person Plural Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv der Hauptsatzkonjugation des Verbs anrasseln

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rasselt an"?
"rasselt an" is spelled R-A-S-S-E-L-T- -A-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌʁasl̩t ˈan].
What does "rasselt an" mean?
As a verb, "rasselt an" means: 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs anrasseln
How do you pronounce "rasselt an"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rasselt an" is [ˌʁasl̩t ˈan]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rasselt an" come from?
"rasselt an" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “rasselt an”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is R-A-S-S-E-L-T- -A-N — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˌʁasl̩t ˈan] (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

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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.