Anis

See also: anis, anís, -anis, and a-nis

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أنيس (ʔanīs, “close friend”).

Proper noun

Anis (plural Anises)

1. A surname from Arabic.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Anis is the 40856^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 534 individuals. Anis is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (44.19%), White (36.52%) and Black/African American (12.92%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Anis”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 42.

Anagrams

• Sani, nias, ASIN, ANSI, nasi, Sina, nais, Sian, AINs, ISNA, Sain, Isan, Nias, sian, sain, as in, ains, nasi', NIAS

German

Anis – Pimpinella anisum

Anis – Pimpinella anisum

Alternative forms

• Aneis (archaic, Upper German)

Etymology

From Middle High German anīs (“anise”), from Latin anīsum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔä.ˈniːs], [ˈʔä.niːs], [ˈʔäː.nɪs], [ˈʔä.nɪs]
• Rhymes: -iːs ([ʔä.ˈniːs])

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)); [ʔä.ˈniːs]:

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Noun

Anis m (strong, genitive Anis, no plural)

1. anise (plant and spice)

Declension

Declension of Anis [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Anis
genitive	eines	des	Anis
dative	einem	dem	Anis
accusative	einen	den	Anis

Derived terms

• Sternanis

Descendants

• → Slovene: jánež

Further reading

• “Anis”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• “Anis” in Duden online
• Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Anis”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• Anies (now chiefly used to refer Anies Baswedan)

Etymology 1

From Javanese Anis.

Proper noun

Anis

1. a female given name from Javanese

Etymology 2

From Arabic أنيس (ʔanīs, “close friend”).

Proper noun

Anis

1. a male given name from Arabic

Etymology 3

From Manado Malay Anis.

Proper noun

Anis

1. a female given name from Manado

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [²ˈɑːnʲɪs]
• Rhymes: -ɑːnʲɪs
• Syllabification: Ã‧nis

Proper noun

Ãnis m stress pattern 1

1. (historical) a diminutive of the male given name Anisijus

Declension

Declension of Ãnis

	singular
nominative	Ãnis
genitive	Ãnio
dative	Ãniui
accusative	Ãnį
instrumental	Ãniu
locative	Ãnyje
vocative	Ãni

Proper noun

Ãnis m (feminine Anienė, unmarried feminine Anytė) stress pattern 1

1. a male surname
2. a transliteration of the Belarusian surname Aнис (Anis)
3. a transliteration of the Russian surname Aнис (Anis)

Declension

Declension of Ãnis

	singular	plural
nominative	Ãnis	Ãniai
genitive	Ãnio	Ãnių
dative	Ãniui	Ãniams
accusative	Ãnį	Ãnius
instrumental	Ãniu	Ãniais
locative	Ãnyje	Ãniuose
vocative	Ãni	Ãniai

Further reading

• “Anis”, in Pavardžių duomenų bazė [Surname database], ekalba.lt, 2011–2026