angeloben
German, verb/ˈɑnɡ̊eˌloːb̥ɛn/
angeloben is spelled A-N-G-E-L-O-B-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 27 million words in written German, the 301,457th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Angeloben is a German verb meaning “to pledge, to swear in (e.g., soldiers, political office, etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “zum Dienstantritt vereidigen”.
What does angeloben mean in English?
verb
- 1
archaicto vow (to make a vow)
- 2
archaicto betroth, to get engaged
- 3
Austriato pledge, to swear in (e.g., soldiers, political office, etc.)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. zum Dienstantritt vereidigen
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 angeloben
- gelobt an present singular third-person
- gelobte an past
- angelobt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- angelobend participle present
- anzugeloben infinitive infinitive-zu
- gelobe an first-person indicative present
- geloben an first-person indicative plural
- gelobst an indicative present second-person
- gelobest an second-person singular subjunctive
- gelobet an plural second-person subjunctive
- gelobten an first-person indicative plural
- gelobtest an indicative preterite second-person
- gelobtet an indicative plural preterite
- gelob an! imperative singular
- gelobe an! imperative singular
- gelobt an! imperative plural
- angelobt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce angeloben?
- /ˈɑnɡ̊eˌloːb̥ɛn/
- [ˈɑŋ-]
- Austria /-ˌloːbm̩/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is angeloben in German?
angeloben appears about once in every 27 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).