anrichten
German, verb
anrichten is spelled A-N-R-I-C-H-T-E-N (9 letters) and appears 4.5 times per million words in written German, the 13,339th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anrichten is a German verb meaning “to wreak, to cause, to do (harm)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Anrichten is a different word: “gerund of anrichten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas Schlechtes, einen Schaden verursachen”.
What does anrichten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to wreak, to cause, to do (harm)
Ich fürchte, wir haben hier mehr Schaden als Gutes angerichtet.
- 2
to prepare
- 3
to serve, to dish up
noun
- 1
neutergerund of anrichten
noun
- 1
plural of Anrichte
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas Schlechtes, einen Schaden verursachen 2. eine Speise auf dem Teller arrangieren
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 anrichten
- richtet an present singular third-person
- richtete an past
- angerichtet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- anrichtend participle present
- anzurichten infinitive infinitive-zu
- richte an first-person indicative present
- richten an first-person indicative plural
- richtest an indicative present second-person
- richteten an first-person indicative plural
- richtetest an indicative preterite second-person
- richtetet an indicative plural preterite
- richte an! imperative singular
- richtet an! imperative plural
- angerichtet haben active infinitive perfect
- angerichtet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- angerichtet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
- angerichtet sein statal-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to anrichten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is anrichten in German?
anrichten appears 4.5 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).