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angestellt

German, adjective[ˈanɡəˌʃtɛlt]

angestellt is spelled A-N-G-E-S-T-E-L-L-T (10 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written German, the 5,161st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Angestellt is a German adjective meaning “employed, hired” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of anstellen. The German Wiktionary defines it as “in beruflicher Stellung seiend, eigene Arbeitskraft vertraglich gegen Entlohnung zur Verfügung stellend…”.

What does angestellt mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    employed, hired

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of anstellen

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. in beruflicher Stellung seiend, eigene Arbeitskraft vertraglich gegen Entlohnung zur Verfügung stellend, Angestellter sein

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 angestellt

  • angestellter masculine nominative singular
  • angestellte feminine nominative singular
  • angestelltes neuter nominative singular
  • angestellten genitive masculine singular
  • angestelltem dative masculine singular
  • der angestellte definite includes-article masculine
  • die angestellte definite feminine includes-article
  • das angestellte definite includes-article neuter
  • die angestellten definite includes-article nominative
  • des angestellten definite genitive includes-article
  • der angestellten definite feminine genitive
  • dem angestellten dative definite includes-article
  • den angestellten dative definite includes-article
  • angest. abbreviation

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce angestellt?

  • [ˈanɡəˌʃtɛlt]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is angestellt in German?

angestellt appears 14 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).

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