ankündigen
\ˈanˌkʏndɪɡn̩\
The verdict
“ankündigen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Annoncer, aviser, informer que qc. ou qqn. va arriver.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ankundigen · ankündigen · French
ankündigen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | ankündigen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈanˌkʏndɪɡn̩\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
ankündigen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈanˌkʏndɪɡn̩\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ankündigen, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is ankündigen, spelled A-N-K-Ü-N-D-I-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1Annoncer, aviser, informer que qc. ou qqn. va arriver.
- 2Annoncer son arrivée.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ankündigen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er hat seinen Besuch angekündigt.
Ein Buch ankündigen.
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.