angewiesen
German, adjective/ˈanɡəˌviːzn̩/
angewiesen is spelled A-N-G-E-W-I-E-S-E-N (10 letters) and appears 20 times per million words in written German, the 3,959th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Angewiesen is a German adjective meaning “dependent (on), reliant (on)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of anweisen. The German Wiktionary defines it as “von etwas oder jemandem abhängen, etwas benötigen”.
What does angewiesen mean in English?
adjective
- 1
dependent (on), reliant (on)
verb
- 1
past participle of anweisen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. von etwas oder jemandem abhängen, etwas benötigen
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 angewiesen
- angewiesener masculine nominative singular
- angewiesene positive nominative strong
- angewiesenes positive nominative strong
- angewiesenen positive genitive strong
- angewiesenem positive dative strong
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce angewiesen?
- /ˈanɡəˌviːzn̩/
- [ˈanɡəˌviːzn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to angewiesen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is angewiesen in German?
angewiesen appears 20 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).