anfordern
German, verb
anfordern is a German verb meaning “to request, ask for, to order (something), to send for” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Anfordern is a different word: “gerund of anfordern”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “(etwas/jemanden) ausdrücklich verlangen, dringend erbitten”.
What does anfordern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to request, ask for, to order (something), to send for
noun
- 1
neutergerund of anfordern
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. (etwas/jemanden) ausdrücklich verlangen, dringend erbitten
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of anfordern
- fordert an present singular third-person
- forderte an past
- angefordert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- anfordernd participle present
- anzufordern infinitive infinitive-zu
- fordre an first-person indicative present
- fordere an first-person indicative present
- forder an first-person indicative present
- fordern an first-person indicative plural
- forderst an indicative present second-person
- forderest an second-person singular subjunctive
- fordrest an second-person singular subjunctive
- forderet an plural second-person subjunctive
- fordret an plural second-person subjunctive
- forderten an first-person indicative plural
- fordertest an indicative preterite second-person
- fordertet an indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to anfordern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is anfordern in German?
anfordern appears 2.5 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).