aneignen
German, verb
aneignen is spelled A-N-E-I-G-N-E-N (8 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written German, the 28,576th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aneignen is a German verb meaning “to appropriate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Aneignen is a different word: “gerund of aneignen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas an sich nehmen, das einem nicht gehört”.
What does aneignen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to appropriate
- 2
to acquire
noun
- 1
neutergerund of aneignen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas an sich nehmen, das einem nicht gehört 2. etwas durch Lernen, Üben erwerben
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 aneignen
- eignet an present singular third-person
- eignete an past
- angeeignet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- aneignend participle present
- anzueignen infinitive infinitive-zu
- eigne an first-person indicative present
- eignen an first-person indicative plural
- eignest an indicative present second-person
- eigneten an first-person indicative plural
- eignetest an indicative preterite second-person
- eignetet an indicative plural preterite
- eigne an! imperative singular
- eignet an! imperative plural
- sich aneignen infinitive present not-extended
- sich anzueignen infinitive present extended
- sich angeeignet haben infinitive perfect not-extended
- sich angeeignet zu haben infinitive perfect extended
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to aneignen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aneignen in German?
aneignen appears 1.6 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).