anpassen
German, verb
anpassen is spelled A-N-P-A-S-S-E-N (8 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written German, the 6,291st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anpassen is a German verb meaning “to adapt, to adjust” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Anpassen is a different word: “gerund of anpassen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas passend machen, angleichen”.
What does anpassen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to adapt, to adjust
Der Preis wird entsprechend der Wechselkurse angepasst.
- 2
to adapt to, to adjust to
Keine Sorge, du wirst dich schnell an deine neuen Gegebenheiten anpassen.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of anpassen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas passend machen, angleichen 2. sich jemandem oder einer Sache angleichen
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 anpassen
- passt an present singular third-person
- passte an past
- angepasst participle past
- haben auxiliary
- anpassend participle present
- anzupassen infinitive infinitive-zu
- passe an first-person indicative present
- passen an first-person indicative plural
- passest an second-person singular subjunctive
- passet an plural second-person subjunctive
- passten an first-person indicative plural
- passtest an indicative preterite second-person
- passtet an indicative plural preterite
- pass an! imperative singular
- passe an! imperative singular
- passt an! imperative plural
- angepasst haben active infinitive perfect
- angepasst werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to anpassen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is anpassen in German?
anpassen appears 11 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).