andeuten
German, verb
andeuten is spelled A-N-D-E-U-T-E-N (8 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written German, the 24,295th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Andeuten is a German verb meaning “to suggest or imply” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Andeuten is a different word: “gerund of andeuten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “durch einen Hinweis zu verstehen geben, ohne es direkt auszusprechen”.
What does andeuten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to suggest or imply
- 2
to hint
- 3
to insinuate
noun
- 1
neutergerund of andeuten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. durch einen Hinweis zu verstehen geben, ohne es direkt auszusprechen 2. unvollständig darstellen, aber das Ganze erkennen lassen; nicht vollständig ausführen
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 andeuten
- deutet an present singular third-person
- deutete an past
- angedeutet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- andeutend participle present
- anzudeuten infinitive infinitive-zu
- deute an first-person indicative present
- deuten an first-person indicative plural
- deutest an indicative present second-person
- deuteten an first-person indicative plural
- deutetest an indicative preterite second-person
- deutetet an indicative plural preterite
- deute an! imperative singular
- deutet an! imperative plural
- angedeutet haben active infinitive perfect
- angedeutet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- angedeutet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
- angedeutet 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 andeuten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is andeuten in German?
andeuten appears 2.0 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).