anbrechen
German, verb
anbrechen is spelled A-N-B-R-E-C-H-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 104,034th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anbrechen is a German verb meaning “to start, to commence, to kick off” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Anbrechen is a different word: “gerund of anbrechen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “von einem Zeitabschnitt: beginnen”.
What does anbrechen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to start, to commence, to kick off
noun
- 1
neutergerund of anbrechen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. von einem Zeitabschnitt: beginnen 2. etwas öffnen; etwas beginnen zu verbrauchen 3. etwas nicht komplett durchbrechen
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 anbrechen
- bricht an present singular third-person
- brach an past
- angebrochen participle past
- bräche an past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- 4 strong
- haben or sein auxiliary
- anbrechend participle present
- anzubrechen infinitive infinitive-zu
- breche an first-person indicative present
- brechen an first-person indicative plural
- brichst an indicative present second-person
- brecht an indicative plural present
- brechest an second-person singular subjunctive
- brechet an plural second-person subjunctive
- brachen an first-person indicative plural
- brächen an first-person formal plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is anbrechen in German?
anbrechen 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).