Wortanfang
German, noun[ˈvɔʁtˌʔanfaŋ]
Wortanfang is a German masculine noun meaning “the first linguistic element in a word” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “erstes sprachliches Element eines Wortes”.
What does Wortanfang mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethe first linguistic element in a word
Der Wortanfang ist der erste Buchstabe, der erste Laut oder die erste Silbe eines Wortes.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. erstes sprachliches Element eines Wortes
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Wortanfang
- Wortanfangs genitive
- Wortanfänge plural
- Wortanfängen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Wortanfang?
- [ˈvɔʁtˌʔanfaŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Wortanfang in German?
Wortanfang appears about once in every 14 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).