anpacken
German, verb[ˈanˌpakn̩]
anpacken is spelled A-N-P-A-C-K-E-N (8 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written German, the 23,884th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anpacken is a German verb meaning “to go about, to tackle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden oder etwas fest mit der Hand anfassen”.
What does anpacken mean in English?
verb
- 1
to go about, to tackle
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemanden oder etwas fest mit der Hand anfassen 2. sich mit Einsatz an eine körperliche Arbeit machen 3. ein Thema in Angriff nehmen 4. ein Thema auf eine bestimmte Art und Weise angehen
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 anpacken
- packe an present
- packst an present
- packt an present
- packte an past
- pack an! imperative singular
- packe an! imperative singular
- packt an! imperative plural
- angepackt participle-2 perfect
- haben auxiliary perfect
- angepackt haben active infinitive perfect
- angepackt werden processual-passive infinitive present
- angepackt worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
- angepackt sein statal-passive infinitive present
- angepackt gewesen sein statal-passive infinitive perfect
- anzupacken active extended infinitive
- angepackt zu haben active extended infinitive
- angepackt zu werden processual-passive extended infinitive
- angepackt worden zu sein processual-passive extended infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce anpacken?
- [ˈanˌpakn̩]
- [ˈanˌpakŋ̍]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is anpacken in German?
anpacken appears 2.0 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).