angaffen
\ˈanˌɡafn̩\
The verdict
“angaffen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Zieuter, dévisager, regarder bouche bée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-angaffen · angaffen · French
angaffen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | angaffen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈanˌɡafn̩\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
angaffen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈanˌɡafn̩\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Zieuter, dévisager, regarder bouche bée.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for angaffen, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is angaffen, spelled A-N-G-A-F-F-E-N.
Definition
- 1Zieuter, dévisager, regarder bouche bée.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how angaffen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die meisten Leute gingen in die andere Richtung; sie gafften ihn mit großen Augen an, durchnässt von Wasser und Blut, wie er war, doch er antwortete auf keine der Fragen, die sie ihm zuriefen, während er an ihnen vorbeirannte.
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.