anhaben
\ˈanˌhaːbn̩\
The verdict
“anhaben” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Porter (un vêtement), avoir un vêtement sur soi.
Corpus desk
Index FR-anhaben · anhaben · French
anhaben · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | anhaben |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈanˌhaːbn̩\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
anhaben is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈanˌhaːbn̩\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for anhaben, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is anhaben, spelled A-N-H-A-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1Porter (un vêtement), avoir un vêtement sur soi.
- 2(À l’infinitif, principalement au négatif) Faire du mal.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how anhaben appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Damals hatten wir die Schutzanzüge ungefähr drei Stunden am Stück an - immer dann, wenn wir bei den Patienten waren.
Der etwa fünfzigjährige Vater Bazouge, ein Leichenträger, hatte eine dreckige Hose an und trug einen schwarzen, auf der Schulter geknöpften Mantel. Sein schwarzer Lederhut hatte ein paar Beulen.
Synonyms
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.