anbringen
German, verb
anbringen is spelled A-N-B-R-I-N-G-E-N (9 letters) and appears 4.3 times per million words in written German, the 13,799th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anbringen is a German verb meaning “to add” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Anbringen is a different word: “gerund of anbringen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas (unerfreulicherweise) herbringen”.
What does anbringen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to add
- 2
to fix, to affix, to attach
- 3
to bring (something unwelcome, idea)
- 4
to start (a machine)
- 5
to get on (clothing)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of anbringen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas (unerfreulicherweise) herbringen 2. einen Gedankengang zu einem bestimmten Thema äußern 3. etwas an einer Stelle befestigen 4. (Kleidung) anziehen können
noun: 1. Kontaktierung von Behörden aus eigenem Anlass
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 anbringen
- bringt an present singular third-person
- brachte an past
- angebracht participle past
- brächte an past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- anbringend participle present
- anzubringen infinitive infinitive-zu
- bringe an first-person indicative present
- bringen an first-person indicative plural
- bringst an indicative present second-person
- bringest an second-person singular subjunctive
- bringet an plural second-person subjunctive
- brachten an first-person indicative plural
- brächten an first-person plural subjunctive
- brachtest an indicative preterite second-person
- brachtet an indicative plural preterite
- brächtest an second-person singular subjunctive
- brächtet an plural second-person subjunctive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to anbringen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is anbringen in German?
anbringen appears 4.3 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).