adden
German, verb/ˈɛdn̩/
adden is spelled A-D-D-E-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 88,766th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Adden is a German verb meaning “to add, follow” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Kontakt der eigenen Kontaktliste hinzufügen”.
What does adden mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialto add, follow
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Kontakt der eigenen Kontaktliste hinzufügen
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 adden
- addet present singular third-person
- addete past
- geaddet participle past
- geadded participle past proscribed
- haben auxiliary
- addend participle present
- adde first-person indicative present
- addest indicative present second-person
- addeten first-person indicative plural
- addetest indicative preterite second-person
- addetet indicative plural preterite
- add imperative second-person singular
- habe geaddet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- adde! imperative singular
- addet! imperative plural
- geaddet haben active infinitive perfect
- geaddet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- geaddet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce adden?
- /ˈɛdn̩/
- [ˈɛdn̩]
- [ˈædn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is adden in German?
adden appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).