anbahnen
German, verb[ˈanˌbaːnən]
anbahnen is spelled A-N-B-A-H-N-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 123,622nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anbahnen is a German verb meaning “to be in the offing, to be imminent, to brew (to be likely to happen in the not-too-far future, based on present indicators)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas deutet sich an”.
What does anbahnen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to be in the offing, to be imminent, to brew (to be likely to happen in the not-too-far future, based on present indicators)
Im Tarifstreit bahnt sich eine Einigung an.
- 2
to arrange, to pave the way for (an agreement, meeting, business, etc.)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas deutet sich an 2. dafür sorgen, dass etwas geschieht
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 anbahnen
- bahnt an present singular third-person
- bahnte an past
- angebahnt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- anbahnend participle present
- anzubahnen infinitive infinitive-zu
- bahne an first-person indicative present
- bahnen an first-person indicative plural
- bahnst an indicative present second-person
- bahnest an second-person singular subjunctive
- bahnet an plural second-person subjunctive
- bahnten an first-person indicative plural
- bahntest an indicative preterite second-person
- bahntet an indicative plural preterite
- bahn an! imperative singular
- bahne an! imperative singular
- bahnt an! imperative plural
- angebahnt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce anbahnen?
- [ˈanˌbaːnən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is anbahnen in German?
anbahnen appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).