anleiten
German, verb
anleiten is spelled A-N-L-E-I-T-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 70,098th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anleiten is a German verb meaning “to guide or to train” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Anleiten is a different word: “gerund of anleiten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “(jemandem) vorführen, wie eine Tätigkeit durchzuführen ist”.
What does anleiten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to guide or to train
- 2
to incite
noun
- 1
neutergerund of anleiten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. (jemandem) vorführen, wie eine Tätigkeit durchzuführen ist
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 anleiten
- leitet an present singular third-person
- leitete an past
- angeleitet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- anleitend participle present
- anzuleiten infinitive infinitive-zu
- leite an first-person indicative present
- leiten an first-person indicative plural
- leitest an indicative present second-person
- leiteten an first-person indicative plural
- leitetest an indicative preterite second-person
- leitetet an indicative plural preterite
- leit an! imperative singular
- leite an! imperative singular
- leitet an! imperative plural
- angeleitet haben active infinitive perfect
- angeleitet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- angeleitet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is anleiten in German?
anleiten appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).