ankündigen
German, verb
ankündigen is spelled A-N-K-Ü-N-D-I-G-E-N (10 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written German, the 22,661st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ankündigen is a German verb meaning “to announce” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Ankündigen is a different word: “gerund of ankündigen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “darüber informieren, was sein wird”.
What does ankündigen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to announce
Es wurde angekündigt, dass der Zug ein paar Minuten Verspätung habe.
- 2
to herald
noun
- 1
neutergerund of ankündigen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. darüber informieren, was sein wird 2. erkennen lassen, was kommt
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 ankündigen
- kündigt an present singular third-person
- kündigte an past
- angekündigt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- ankündigend participle present
- anzukündigen infinitive infinitive-zu
- kündige an first-person indicative present
- kündigen an first-person indicative plural
- kündigst an indicative present second-person
- kündigest an second-person singular subjunctive
- kündiget an plural second-person subjunctive
- kündigten an first-person indicative plural
- kündigtest an indicative preterite second-person
- kündigtet an indicative plural preterite
- kündige an! imperative singular
- kündigt an! imperative plural
- angekündigt haben active infinitive perfect
- angekündigt 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 ankündigen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ankündigen in German?
ankündigen appears 2.2 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).