anschalten
German, verb
anschalten is spelled A-N-S-C-H-A-L-T-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 42,412th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anschalten is a German verb meaning “to switch on” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Anschalten is a different word: “gerund of anschalten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “durch einen Schalter aktivieren; mit einem Schalter anmachen”.
What does anschalten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to switch on
noun
- 1
neutergerund of anschalten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. durch einen Schalter aktivieren; mit einem Schalter anmachen
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 anschalten
- schaltet an present singular third-person
- schaltete an past
- angeschaltet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- anschaltend participle present
- anzuschalten infinitive infinitive-zu
- schalte an first-person indicative present
- schalten an first-person indicative plural
- schaltest an indicative present second-person
- schalteten an first-person indicative plural
- schaltetest an indicative preterite second-person
- schaltetet an indicative plural preterite
- schalt an! imperative singular
- schalte an! imperative singular
- schaltet an! imperative plural
- angeschaltet haben active infinitive perfect
- angeschaltet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- angeschaltet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is anschalten in German?
anschalten appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).