anschaffen
German, verb
anschaffen is spelled A-N-S-C-H-A-F-F-E-N (10 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written German, the 20,546th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anschaffen is a German verb meaning “to get, to obtain in particular by bargain” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Anschaffen is a different word: “gerund of anschaffen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas für sich erwerben”.
What does anschaffen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to get, to obtain in particular by bargain
- 2
to work as a prostitute, to prostitute oneself, to go on the game
noun
- 1
neutergerund of anschaffen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas für sich erwerben 2. Geld mit sexuellen Dienstleistungen verdienen 3. etwas bestimmen oder befehlen
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 anschaffen
- schafft an present singular third-person
- schaffte an past
- angeschafft participle past
- haben auxiliary
- anschaffend participle present
- anzuschaffen infinitive infinitive-zu
- schaffe an first-person indicative present
- schaffen an first-person indicative plural
- schaffst an indicative present second-person
- schaffest an second-person singular subjunctive
- schaffet an plural second-person subjunctive
- schafften an first-person indicative plural
- schafftest an indicative preterite second-person
- schafftet an indicative plural preterite
- schaff an! imperative singular
- schaffe an! imperative singular
- schafft an! imperative plural
- angeschafft haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to anschaffen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is anschaffen in German?
anschaffen appears 2.5 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).