anlernen
German, verb[ˈanˌlɛʁnən]
anlernen is spelled A-N-L-E-R-N-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 125,379th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anlernen is a German verb meaning “to teach” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemandem die einfachen/ersten Teile einer Arbeit erklären und beibringen”.
What does anlernen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to teach
- 2
to train
- 3
to educate
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemandem die einfachen/ersten Teile einer Arbeit erklären und beibringen 2. sich selber etwas nur durch Lernen/Übung aneignen
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 anlernen
- lernt an present singular third-person
- lernte an past
- angelernt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- anlernend participle present
- anzulernen infinitive infinitive-zu
- lerne an first-person indicative present
- lernen an first-person indicative plural
- lernst an indicative present second-person
- lernest an second-person singular subjunctive
- lernet an plural second-person subjunctive
- lernten an first-person indicative plural
- lerntest an indicative preterite second-person
- lerntet an indicative plural preterite
- lern an! imperative singular
- lerne an! imperative singular
- lernt an! imperative plural
- angelernt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce anlernen?
- [ˈanˌlɛʁnən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is anlernen in German?
anlernen appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).