Anlassen
German, noun
Anlassen is spelled A-N-L-A-S-S-E-N (8 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written German, the 17,258th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anlassen is a German neuter noun meaning “starting” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a gerund of anlassen; tempering, annealing. In lower case, anlassen is a different word: “to leave on”. With an umlaut, Anlässen is a different word: “dative plural of Anlass”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Erwärmen des Stahls nach dem Härten oder Schweißen zur Reduzierung von Materialspannungen”.
What does Anlassen mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutergerund of anlassen; tempering, annealing
- 2
neuterstarting
verb
- 1
to leave on
- 2
to keep on
- 3
to start
- 4
colloquialto get off to a (good, bad etc.) start
- 5
to temper or anneal
- 6
datedto rebuke
noun
- 1
masculinedative plural of Anlass
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas in Funktion setzen 2. die Funktion einer Sache aufrechterhalten 3. Kleidung anbehalten 4. sich darstellen, sich präsentieren, sich zeigen; es startet
noun: 1. Erwärmen des Stahls nach dem Härten oder Schweißen zur Reduzierung von Materialspannungen 2. das Aktivieren bzw. Starten eines Motors; die Tätigkeit des Anlassens
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 Anlassen
- lässt an present singular third-person
- ließ an past
- angelassen participle past
- haben auxiliary
- 7 strong
- anlassend participle present
- anzulassen infinitive infinitive-zu
- lasse an first-person indicative present
- lassen an first-person indicative plural
- lasst an indicative plural present
- lassest an second-person singular subjunctive
- lasset an plural second-person subjunctive
- ließen an first-person indicative plural
- ließe an first-person singular subjunctive
- ließest an indicative preterite second-person
- ließt an indicative preterite second-person
- ließet an plural second-person subjunctive
- lass an! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Anlassen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Anlassen in German?
Anlassen appears 3.2 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).