androhen
German, verb
androhen is spelled A-N-D-R-O-H-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 85,035th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Androhen is a German verb meaning “to threaten” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Androhen is a different word: “gerund of androhen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “in der Absicht, etwas erreichen zu wollen, unangenehme Konsequenzen in Aussicht stellen”.
What does androhen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to threaten
noun
- 1
neutergerund of androhen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. in der Absicht, etwas erreichen zu wollen, unangenehme Konsequenzen in Aussicht 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 androhen
- droht an present singular third-person
- drohte an past
- angedroht participle past
- haben auxiliary
- androhend participle present
- anzudrohen infinitive infinitive-zu
- drohe an first-person indicative present
- drohen an first-person indicative plural
- drohst an indicative present second-person
- drohest an second-person singular subjunctive
- drohet an plural second-person subjunctive
- drohten an first-person indicative plural
- drohtest an indicative preterite second-person
- drohtet an indicative plural preterite
- droh an! imperative singular
- drohe an! imperative singular
- droht an! imperative plural
- angedroht haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to androhen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is androhen in German?
androhen appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).