anheuern
German, verb[ˈanˌhɔɪ̯ɐn]
anheuern is spelled A-N-H-E-U-E-R-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 47,290th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anheuern is a German verb meaning “to hire, to give someone a job” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Nautik: jemanden für den Dienst an Bord einstellen”.
What does anheuern mean in English?
verb
- 1
informalto hire, to give someone a job
- 2
to begin work
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Nautik: jemanden für den Dienst an Bord einstellen 2. Nautik: den Dienst an Bord antreten 3. jemanden für eine bestimmte Aufgabe gewinnen
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 anheuern
- heuert an present singular third-person
- heuerte an past
- angeheuert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- anheuernd participle present
- anzuheuern infinitive infinitive-zu
- heure an first-person indicative present
- heuere an first-person indicative present
- heuer an first-person indicative present
- heuern an first-person indicative plural
- heuerst an indicative present second-person
- heuerest an second-person singular subjunctive
- heurest an second-person singular subjunctive
- heueret an plural second-person subjunctive
- heuret an plural second-person subjunctive
- heuerten an first-person indicative plural
- heuertest an indicative preterite second-person
- heuertet an indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce anheuern?
- [ˈanˌhɔɪ̯ɐn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is anheuern in German?
anheuern 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).