anliegen
German, verb
anliegen is spelled A-N-L-I-E-G-E-N (8 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written German, the 4,608th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anliegen is a German verb meaning “to lie close (to some implied surface), to touch, to fit (tightly)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Anliegen is a different word: “request”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit etwas in unmittelbarem Kontakt sein, zum Beispiel an eine andere topographische Fläche grenzen”.
What does anliegen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to lie close (to some implied surface), to touch, to fit (tightly)
Die Hose liegt eng an.
- 2
to abut, to be adjacent
die Straße und die daran anliegenden Grundstücke
- 3
to be applied
- 4
to steer (in a particular direction)
Nord anliegen
noun
- 1
neuterrequest
- 2
neuterconcern (matter of concern)
- 3
neuterapplication
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein Wunsch, der an jemanden gerichtet ist 2. eine wichtige Sache, die jemanden betrifft
verb: 1. mit etwas in unmittelbarem Kontakt sein, zum Beispiel an eine andere topographische Fläche grenzen 2. sich als Kleidung nahe am Körper befinden 3. zeitnah erledigt zu werden oder zu geschehen 4. jemandem wichtig sein
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 anliegen
- Anliegens genitive
- liegt an present singular third-person
- lag an past
- angelegen participle past
- läge an past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- 5 strong
- haben or sein auxiliary
- anliegend participle present
- anzuliegen infinitive infinitive-zu
- liege an first-person indicative present
- liegen an first-person indicative plural
- liegst an indicative present second-person
- liegest an second-person singular subjunctive
- lieget an plural second-person subjunctive
- lagen an first-person indicative plural
- lägen an first-person plural subjunctive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to anliegen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is anliegen in German?
anliegen appears 17 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).