anheizen
German, verb
anheizen is spelled A-N-H-E-I-Z-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 48,028th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anheizen is a German verb meaning “to heat, to fire, to light” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Anheizen is a different word: “gerund of anheizen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Feuer in einer Feuerstelle (beispielsweise einem Herd, Kamin) anzünden”.
What does anheizen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to heat, to fire, to light
- 2
to boost, to fuel, to kindle
noun
- 1
neutergerund of anheizen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ein Feuer in einer Feuerstelle (beispielsweise einem Herd, Kamin) anzünden 2. etwas steigern, verschärfen 3. in einen ausgelasseneren, ekstatischeren Gefühlszustand versetzen
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 anheizen
- heizt an present singular third-person
- heizte an past
- angeheizt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- anheizend participle present
- anzuheizen infinitive infinitive-zu
- heize an first-person indicative present
- heizen an first-person indicative plural
- heizest an second-person singular subjunctive
- heizet an plural second-person subjunctive
- heizten an first-person indicative plural
- heiztest an indicative preterite second-person
- heiztet an indicative plural preterite
- heiz an! imperative singular
- heize an! imperative singular
- heizt an! imperative plural
- angeheizt haben active infinitive perfect
- angeheizt werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to anheizen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is anheizen in German?
anheizen appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).