anrücken
German, verb
anrücken is spelled A-N-R-Ü-C-K-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 55,211th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anrücken is a German verb meaning “to move in” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Anrücken is a different word: “gerund of anrücken”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “als Personengruppe zum Einsatzort kommen”.
What does anrücken mean in English?
verb
- 1
to move in
- 2
to advance
noun
- 1
neutergerund of anrücken
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. beginnen, sich abrupt, etwas unregelmäßig (ruckartig) zu bewegen 2. beginnen, etwas durch kurzes Stoßen, Schieben oder Ziehen von der Stelle zu bewegen
verb: 1. als Personengruppe zum Einsatzort kommen 2. (mit mehreren Personen) zu einem Ort gehen 3. etwas räumlich näher platzieren
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 anrücken
- rückt an present singular third-person
- rückte an past
- angerückt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- anrückend participle present
- anzurücken infinitive infinitive-zu
- rücke an first-person indicative present
- rücken an first-person indicative plural
- rückst an indicative present second-person
- rückest an second-person singular subjunctive
- rücket an plural second-person subjunctive
- rückten an first-person indicative plural
- rücktest an indicative preterite second-person
- rücktet an indicative plural preterite
- rucke an present
- ruckst an present
- ruckt an present
- ruckte an past
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is anrücken in German?
anrücken appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).