Anschauung
\ˈan.ˌʃaʊ̯.ʊŋ\
The verdict
“Anschauung” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Opinion, avis, point de vue.
Corpus desk
Index FR-anschauung · Anschauung · French
Anschauung · 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 | Anschauung |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈan.ˌʃaʊ̯.ʊŋ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Anschauung is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈan.ˌʃaʊ̯.ʊŋ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Anschauung, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Anschauung, spelled A-N-S-C-H-A-U-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Opinion, avis, point de vue.
- 2Contemplation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Anschauung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Anschauung von einem Glück, welches in einem Verharren, in einem bestimmten Zustande bestände, ist an sich falsch.
Die Anschauung des Materials wird noch längere Zeit in Anspruch nehmen.
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.