ansuchen
German, verb
ansuchen is spelled A-N-S-U-C-H-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 51,196th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ansuchen is a German verb meaning “to submit an application” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Ansuchen is a different word: “request, application”.
What does ansuchen mean in English?
verb
- 1
Austriato submit an application
- 2
obsoleteto make a formal request
noun
- 1
Austrianeuterrequest, application
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. förmlicher, meist schriftlicher Antrag
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 ansuchen
- Ansuchens genitive
- sucht an present singular third-person
- suchte an past
- angesucht participle past
- haben auxiliary
- ansuchend participle present
- anzusuchen infinitive infinitive-zu
- suche an first-person indicative present
- suchen an first-person indicative plural
- suchst an indicative present second-person
- suchest an second-person singular subjunctive
- suchet an plural second-person subjunctive
- suchten an first-person indicative plural
- suchtest an indicative preterite second-person
- suchtet an indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is ansuchen in German?
ansuchen 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).