anbieten
German, verb
anbieten is spelled A-N-B-I-E-T-E-N (8 letters) and appears 28 times per million words in written German, the 2,961st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anbieten is a German verb meaning “to offer, to provide” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Anbieten is a different word: “gerund of anbieten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas zum Essen, Trinken oder Genuss vorsetzen, bereitstellen”.
What does anbieten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to offer, to provide
Sie bietet immer ihren Gästen Kekse an.
- 2
to offer for sale or rent
Das Hotel bietet Zimmer für 200 Euro an.
- 3
to lend oneself to, to be suitable for
Die Musik bietet sich zum Tanzen an.
- 4
to make sense
Es bietet sich geradezu an, dass wir in Zukunft mehr mit- als gegeneinander arbeiten.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of anbieten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas zum Essen, Trinken oder Genuss vorsetzen, bereitstellen 2. etwas zum Kauf, Tausch, Übernahme oder dergleichen ausstellen, bereitstellen 3. einen Vorschlag machen 4. sich zur Verfügung stellen
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 anbieten
- bietet an present singular third-person
- bot an past
- angeboten participle past
- böte an past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 2 strong
- anbietend participle present
- anzubieten infinitive infinitive-zu
- biete an first-person indicative present
- bieten an first-person indicative plural
- bietest an indicative present second-person
- boten an first-person indicative plural
- böten an first-person formal plural
- botest an indicative preterite second-person
- botst an indicative preterite second-person
- botet an indicative plural preterite
- bötest an formal rare second-person
- bötet an formal plural rare
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to anbieten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is anbieten in German?
anbieten appears 28 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).