anklammern
German, verb
anklammern is spelled A-N-K-L-A-M-M-E-R-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 58 million words in written German, the 464,147th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anklammern is a German verb meaning “to attach something (with a peg, clip, etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Anklammern is a different word: “gerund of anklammern”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “(etwas) mit Klammern (Heftklammern, Wäscheklammern) irgendwo festmachen”.
What does anklammern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to attach something (with a peg, clip, etc.)
- 2
to cling, to clinch
- 3
to cling to someone (To have an intense emotional dependency on (someone))
noun
- 1
neutergerund of anklammern
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. (etwas) mit Klammern (Heftklammern, Wäscheklammern) irgendwo festmachen 2. irgendetwas oder irgendjemanden ergreifen und sich daran verbissen festhalten
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 anklammern
- klammert an present singular third-person
- klammerte an past
- angeklammert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- anklammernd participle present
- anzuklammern infinitive infinitive-zu
- klammre an first-person indicative present
- klammere an first-person indicative present
- klammer an first-person indicative present
- klammern an first-person indicative plural
- klammerst an indicative present second-person
- klammerest an second-person singular subjunctive
- klammrest an second-person singular subjunctive
- klammeret an plural second-person subjunctive
- klammret an plural second-person subjunctive
- klammerten an first-person indicative plural
- klammertest an indicative preterite second-person
- klammertet an indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is anklammern in German?
anklammern appears about once in every 58 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).