anregen
German, verb[ˈanˌʁeːɡn̩]
anregen is spelled A-N-R-E-G-E-N (7 letters) and appears 3.3 times per million words in written German, the 16,674th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anregen is a German verb meaning “to encourage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “dem Wunsch, dass etwas Bestimmtes geschieht, Ausdruck geben”.
What does anregen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to encourage
- 2
to excite
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. dem Wunsch, dass etwas Bestimmtes geschieht, Ausdruck geben 2. ein Geschehen fördern 3. in ein höheres Energieniveau anheben
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 anregen
- regt an present singular third-person
- regte an past
- angeregt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- anregend participle present
- anzuregen infinitive infinitive-zu
- rege an first-person indicative present
- regen an first-person indicative plural
- regst an indicative present second-person
- regest an second-person singular subjunctive
- reget an plural second-person subjunctive
- regten an first-person indicative plural
- regtest an indicative preterite second-person
- regtet an indicative plural preterite
- reg an! imperative singular
- rege an! imperative singular
- regt an! imperative plural
- angeregt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce anregen?
- [ˈanˌʁeːɡn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to anregen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is anregen in German?
anregen appears 3.3 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).