anstiften
German, verb[ˈanˌʃtɪftn̩]
anstiften is spelled A-N-S-T-I-F-T-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 96,776th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anstiften is a German verb meaning “to incite, to encourage (someone to commit some misdeed or crime)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden zu etwas Bösem animieren”.
What does anstiften mean in English?
verb
- 1
to incite, to encourage (someone to commit some misdeed or crime)
- 2
datedto cause, to bring about, to provoke (a negative outcome or act)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemanden zu etwas Bösem animieren
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 anstiften
- stiftet an present singular third-person
- stiftete an past
- angestiftet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- anstiftend participle present
- anzustiften infinitive infinitive-zu
- stifte an first-person indicative present
- stiften an first-person indicative plural
- stiftest an indicative present second-person
- stifteten an first-person indicative plural
- stiftetest an indicative preterite second-person
- stiftetet an indicative plural preterite
- stift an! imperative singular
- stifte an! imperative singular
- stiftet an! imperative plural
- angestiftet haben active infinitive perfect
- angestiftet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- angestiftet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce anstiften?
- [ˈanˌʃtɪftn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to anstiften
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is anstiften in German?
anstiften appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).