anbeten
German, verb
anbeten is spelled A-N-B-E-T-E-N (7 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written German, the 39,278th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anbeten is a German verb meaning “to worship, to adore” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Anbeten is a different word: “gerund of anbeten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “einen Gott, eine höhere Macht, durch Gebet verehren”.
What does anbeten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to worship, to adore
noun
- 1
neutergerund of anbeten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. einen Gott, eine höhere Macht, durch Gebet verehren 2. in besonderem Maße bewundern, übertrieben verehren
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 anbeten
- betet an present singular third-person
- betete an past
- angebetet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- anbetend participle present
- anzubeten infinitive infinitive-zu
- bete an first-person indicative present
- beten an first-person indicative plural
- betest an indicative present second-person
- beteten an first-person indicative plural
- betetest an indicative preterite second-person
- betetet an indicative plural preterite
- bete an! imperative singular
- betet an! imperative plural
- angebetet haben active infinitive perfect
- angebetet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- angebetet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
- angebetet sein statal-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to anbeten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is anbeten in German?
anbeten appears 1.0 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).