anbietenvsAnbieternWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: anbieten is a verb, Anbietern is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“anbieten” is a verb and “Anbietern” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#2,941
“anbieten” frequency rank
#12,439
“Anbietern” frequency rank
15380
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature anbieten Anbietern
Definition etwas zum Essen, Trinken oder Genuss vorsetzen, bereitstellen Dativ Plural des Substantivs Anbieter

Where the eye mixes anbieten and Anbietern

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. anbieten runs 8 letters (VCCVVCVC) against Anbietern's 9 (VCCVVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
anbieten
9 ch
Anbietern

Look-alike desk: anbieten vs Anbietern

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: anbieten is [ˈanˌbiːtn̩] while Anbietern is [ˈanˌbiːtɐn]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15380, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

anbieten is recorded at frequency rank #2,941, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈanˌbiːtn̩]. Anbietern is at rank #12,439, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈanˌbiːtɐn].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 15380, this pair ranks #1,944,322 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of anbieten vs Anbietern

Shared letters: abeint. Private to "anbieten": -. Private to "Anbietern": r.

"anbieten" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVCVC  ·  "Anbietern" · 9 letters · shape VCCVVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • anbieten ← abnieten · anbbieten · anbeiten · anbieetn · anbietenn · anbietne · anbietten · anbiteen
  • Anbietern ← abnietern · anbbietern · anbeitern · anbieetrn · anbietenr · anbieternn · anbieterrn · anbietren

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "anbieten" and "Anbietern" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "anbieten" is a verb and "Anbietern" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "anbieten" or "Anbietern" show up more?
"anbieten" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,941 in our German list, against #12,439 for "Anbietern". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "anbieten" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Anbietern" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,944,322 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "anbieten" and "Anbietern" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "anbiete vs Anbietern". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #1,944,322 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list