ankreuzen
German, verb
ankreuzen is spelled A-N-K-R-E-U-Z-E-N (9 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written German, the 36,256th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ankreuzen is a German verb meaning “to cross, check, checkmark, tick off (mark with a cross)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Ankreuzen is a different word: “gerund of ankreuzen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “markieren, indem man etwas mit einem Kreuz versieht”.
What does ankreuzen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to cross, check, checkmark, tick off (mark with a cross)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of ankreuzen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. markieren, indem man etwas mit einem Kreuz versieht 2. gegen den Wind segeln
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 ankreuzen
- kreuzt an present singular third-person
- kreuzte an past
- angekreuzt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- ankreuzend participle present
- anzukreuzen infinitive infinitive-zu
- kreuze an first-person indicative present
- kreuzen an first-person indicative plural
- kreuzest an second-person singular subjunctive
- kreuzet an plural second-person subjunctive
- kreuzten an first-person indicative plural
- kreuztest an indicative preterite second-person
- kreuztet an indicative plural preterite
- ankreuzeln variant
- kreuz an! imperative singular
- kreuze an! imperative singular
- kreuzt an! imperative plural
- angekreuzt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to ankreuzen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ankreuzen in German?
ankreuzen appears 1.1 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).