anbauen
German, verb
anbauen is spelled A-N-B-A-U-E-N (7 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written German, the 26,796th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anbauen is a German verb meaning “to grow, to cultivate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Anbauen is a different word: “gerund of anbauen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “(etwas, ein zusätzliches Gebäudeteil) einem Gebäude hinzufügen”.
What does anbauen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to grow, to cultivate
- 2
to attach, to mount
noun
- 1
neutergerund of anbauen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. (etwas, ein zusätzliches Gebäudeteil) einem Gebäude hinzufügen 2. (Nutzpflanzen) auf einem Feld oder einem Beet anpflanzen, um sie später zu ernten 3. (ein Gebäude) durch Baumaßnahmen erweitern 4. an einem Ort sesshaft werden
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 anbauen
- baut an present singular third-person
- baute an past
- angebaut participle past
- haben auxiliary
- anbauend participle present
- anzubauen infinitive infinitive-zu
- baue an first-person indicative present
- bauen an first-person indicative plural
- baust an indicative present second-person
- bauest an second-person singular subjunctive
- bauet an plural second-person subjunctive
- bauten an first-person indicative plural
- bautest an indicative preterite second-person
- bautet an indicative plural preterite
- bau an! imperative singular
- baue an! imperative singular
- baut an! imperative plural
- angebaut haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to anbauen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is anbauen in German?
anbauen appears 1.7 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).