anlachen
German, verb/ˈanˌlaxn̩/
anlachen is spelled A-N-L-A-C-H-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written German, the 305,454th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anlachen is a German verb meaning “to look at someone with a laugh” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemandem zulächeln”.
What does anlachen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to look at someone with a laugh
- 2
to pick as a crony, to partner
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemandem zulächeln 2. über jemanden oder etwas: etwas ausstrahlen, das einen anzieht 3. sich etwas aneignen/jemanden zum Partner nehmen
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 anlachen
- lacht an present singular third-person
- lachte an past
- angelacht participle past
- haben auxiliary
- anlachend participle present
- anzulachen infinitive infinitive-zu
- lache an first-person indicative present
- lachen an first-person indicative plural
- lachst an indicative present second-person
- lachest an second-person singular subjunctive
- lachet an plural second-person subjunctive
- lachten an first-person indicative plural
- lachtest an indicative preterite second-person
- lachtet an indicative plural preterite
- lach an! imperative singular
- lache an! imperative singular
- lacht an! imperative plural
- angelacht haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce anlachen?
- /ˈanˌlaxn̩/
- [ˈanˌlaxn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is anlachen in German?
anlachen appears about once in every 28 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).