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anbiedern

German, verb/ˈanˌbiːdɐn/

anbiedern is spelled A-N-B-I-E-D-E-R-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 102,515th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anbiedern is a German verb meaning “to chum up with; to curry favor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich bei jemandem einschmeicheln”.

What does anbiedern mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to chum up with; to curry favor

    sich bei jemandem anbiedern

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. sich bei jemandem einschmeicheln

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 anbiedern

  • biedert an present singular third-person
  • biederte an past
  • angebiedert participle past
  • haben auxiliary
  • anbiedernd participle present
  • anzubiedern infinitive infinitive-zu
  • biedre an first-person indicative present
  • biedere an first-person indicative present
  • bieder an first-person indicative present
  • biedern an first-person indicative plural
  • biederst an indicative present second-person
  • biederest an second-person singular subjunctive
  • biedrest an second-person singular subjunctive
  • biederet an plural second-person subjunctive
  • biedret an plural second-person subjunctive
  • biederten an first-person indicative plural
  • biedertest an indicative preterite second-person
  • biedertet an indicative plural preterite

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce anbiedern?

  • /ˈanˌbiːdɐn/
  • [ˈanˌbiːdɐn]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to anbiedern

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is anbiedern in German?

anbiedern appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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