anerkennen
German, verb
anerkennen is spelled A-N-E-R-K-E-N-N-E-N (10 letters) and appears 6.2 times per million words in written German, the 10,439th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anerkennen is a German verb meaning “to acknowledge, to recognize, to accept (as legally, morally or scientifically valid or sufficient)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Anerkennen is a different word: “gerund of anerkennen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “einen Umstand als sachlich richtig oder wahr akzeptieren”.
What does anerkennen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to acknowledge, to recognize, to accept (as legally, morally or scientifically valid or sufficient)
Obwohl Sie von der Sache nicht so viel verstehen, müssen wir Ihre Leistung anerkennen.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of anerkennen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. einen Umstand als sachlich richtig oder wahr akzeptieren 2. etwas wertschätzen, jemanden loben
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 anerkennen
- erkennt an present singular third-person
- anerkennt bureaucratese present singular
- erkannte an past
- anerkannte bureaucratese past
- anerkannt participle past
- erkennte an past subjunctive
- anerkennte bureaucratese past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- anerkennend participle present
- anzuerkennen infinitive infinitive-zu
- zu anerkennen Swiss-German infinitive infinitive-zu
- erkenne an first-person indicative present
- anerkenne Swiss-German first-person indicative
- erkennen an first-person indicative plural
- erkennst an indicative present second-person
- anerkennst Swiss-German indicative present
- erkennest an second-person singular subjunctive
- anerkennest Swiss-German second-person singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to anerkennen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is anerkennen in German?
anerkennen appears 6.2 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).