anklagen
German, verb
anklagen is spelled A-N-K-L-A-G-E-N (8 letters) and appears 2.4 times per million words in written German, the 21,211th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anklagen is a German verb meaning “to indict (to make a formal accusation or indictment against (a party) by the findings of a jury)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Anklagen is a different word: “gerund of anklagen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden beschuldigen, unzulänglich zu sein oder etwas Schlechtes getan zu haben”.
What does anklagen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to indict (to make a formal accusation or indictment against (a party) by the findings of a jury)
Er wird verhaftet und wegen Mordes angeklagt.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of anklagen
noun
- 1
plural of Anklage
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemanden beschuldigen, unzulänglich zu sein oder etwas Schlechtes getan zu haben 2. gegen jemanden Anklage erheben
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 anklagen
- klagt an present singular third-person
- klagte an past
- angeklagt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- anklagend participle present
- anzuklagen infinitive infinitive-zu
- klage an first-person indicative present
- klagen an first-person indicative plural
- klagst an indicative present second-person
- klagest an second-person singular subjunctive
- klaget an plural second-person subjunctive
- klagten an first-person indicative plural
- klagtest an indicative preterite second-person
- klagtet an indicative plural preterite
- klage an! imperative singular
- klagt an! imperative plural
- angeklagt haben active infinitive perfect
- angeklagt 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 anklagen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is anklagen in German?
anklagen appears 2.4 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).