anheben
German, verb
anheben is spelled A-N-H-E-B-E-N (7 letters) and appears 2.9 times per million words in written German, the 18,511th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anheben is a German verb meaning “to lift up” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Anheben is a different word: “gerund of anheben”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein wenig in die Höhe heben”.
What does anheben mean in English?
verb
- 1
to lift up
- 2
to raise, to increase
- 3
archaicto begin (to do something)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of anheben
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ein wenig in die Höhe heben 2. auf eine höhere Stufe bringen 3. (mit etwas) beginnen
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 anheben
- hebt an present singular third-person
- hob an past
- hub an archaic past
- angehoben participle past
- höbe an past subjunctive
- hübe an archaic past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 6 strong
- anhebend participle present
- anzuheben infinitive infinitive-zu
- hebe an first-person indicative present
- heben an first-person indicative plural
- hebst an indicative present second-person
- hebest an second-person singular subjunctive
- hebet an plural second-person subjunctive
- hoben an first-person indicative plural
- huben an archaic first-person indicative
- höben an first-person formal plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to anheben
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is anheben in German?
anheben appears 2.9 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).