anmuten
German, verb
anmuten is spelled A-N-M-U-T-E-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 96,776th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anmuten is a German verb meaning “to appear, to seem (something)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Anmuten is a different word: “gerund of anmuten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “auf eine bestimmte Weise berühren, erscheinen oder wirken”.
What does anmuten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to appear, to seem (something)
Er mutet mir einsam an.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of anmuten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. auf eine bestimmte Weise berühren, erscheinen oder wirken 2. zumuten, vergleiche auch bergmannssprachlich: muten
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 anmuten
- mutet an present singular third-person
- mutete an past
- angemutet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- anmutend participle present
- anzumuten infinitive infinitive-zu
- mute an first-person indicative present
- muten an first-person indicative plural
- mutest an indicative present second-person
- muteten an first-person indicative plural
- mutetest an indicative preterite second-person
- mutetet an indicative plural preterite
- mute an! imperative singular
- mutet an! imperative plural
- angemutet haben active infinitive perfect
- angemutet zu haben active extended infinitive
- anzumutender participle gerundive
- anzumutende participle gerundive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is anmuten in German?
anmuten appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).