annektieren
German, verb
annektieren is spelled A-N-N-E-K-T-I-E-R-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 76,606th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Annektieren is a German verb meaning “to annex” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Annektieren is a different word: “gerund of annektieren”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “(sich etwas) gewaltsam aneignen, in Besitz nehmen, beispielsweise den Teil eines fremden Staates”.
What does annektieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to annex
noun
- 1
neutergerund of annektieren
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. (sich etwas) gewaltsam aneignen, in Besitz nehmen, beispielsweise den Teil eines fremden Staates
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 annektieren
- annektiert present singular third-person
- annektierte past
- haben auxiliary
- annektierend participle present
- annektiere first-person indicative present
- annektierst indicative present second-person
- annektierest second-person singular subjunctive
- annektieret plural second-person subjunctive
- annektierten first-person indicative plural
- annektiertest indicative preterite second-person
- annektiertet indicative plural preterite
- annektier imperative second-person singular
- habe annektiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben annektiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- annektier! imperative singular
- annektiere! imperative singular
- annektiert! imperative plural
- annektiert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is annektieren in German?
annektieren appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).