anlage
noun
anlage is a noun meaning “A primordium, the initial clustering of embryonic cells from which a body part develops” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-N-L-A-G-E, and it appears about once in every 39 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of anlage is anlages or anlagen.
What does anlage mean?
noun
- 1
A primordium, the initial clustering of embryonic cells from which a body part develops.
- 2
An allele, a specific version of a gene (as used by Gregor Mendel).
- 3
Temperament, the predominant personality type.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of anlage
- anlages plural
- anlagen plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is anlage?
Anlage appears about once in every 39 million words in written English, the 191,932nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does anlage come from?
From German Anlage.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).