anmachen
German, verb
anmachen is spelled A-N-M-A-C-H-E-N (8 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written German, the 21,930th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anmachen is a German verb meaning “to switch on, to turn on (a lamp, a stove, an electronic device, etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Anmachen is a different word: “gerund of anmachen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas durch Mischen zum Gebrauch vorbereiten”.
What does anmachen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to switch on, to turn on (a lamp, a stove, an electronic device, etc.)
Könnt ihr bitte eure Kamera anmachen?
- 2
to light, to start (a fire, a candle, gas etc.);
- 3
to turn on (a person, sexually), to hit on (a person)
- 4
colloquialto start something with (someone), to provoke (someone), to accost, (Internet) to flame (approach aggressively)
- 5
to dress (a salad)
- 6
Austriacolloquialto soil oneself (with urine or feces or both)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of anmachen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas durch Mischen zum Gebrauch vorbereiten 2. (Feuer) anzünden 3. (ein Gerät) einschalten 4. befestigen
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 anmachen
- macht an present singular third-person
- machte an past
- angemacht participle past
- haben auxiliary
- anmachend participle present
- anzumachen infinitive infinitive-zu
- mache an first-person indicative present
- machen an first-person indicative plural
- machst an indicative present second-person
- machest an second-person singular subjunctive
- machet an plural second-person subjunctive
- machten an first-person indicative plural
- machtest an indicative preterite second-person
- machtet an indicative plural preterite
- mach an! imperative singular
- mache an! imperative singular
- macht an! imperative plural
- angemacht haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to anmachen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is anmachen in German?
anmachen appears 2.3 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).