ansatz
/ˈænsæts/noun
ansatz is a noun meaning “A mathematical assumption used to describe a certain phenomenon, posited in order to help provisionally solve an equation or other problem” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-N-S-A-T-Z, and it appears about once in every 35 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of ansatz is ansatzes or ansatze.
What does ansatz mean?
noun
- 1
A mathematical assumption used to describe a certain phenomenon, posited in order to help provisionally solve an equation or other problem.
noun
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of ansatz.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce ansatz?
- UK /ˈænsæts/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of ansatz
- ansatzes plural
- ansatze plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is ansatz?
Ansatz appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 180,281st 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).
Ansatz in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a provisional mathematical assumption used to describe a certain phenomenon:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does ansatz come from?
Unadapted borrowing from German Ansatz.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).