antworten
German, verb
antworten is a German verb meaning “to answer, to reply” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Antworten is a different word: “gerund of antworten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas auf eine Frage oder Aufgabe erwidern”.
What does antworten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to answer, to reply
Der König antwortete: „Wenn es einen solchen Menschen gibt, dann muss er verrückt sein.”
noun
- 1
neutergerund of antworten
noun
- 1
plural of Antwort
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas auf eine Frage oder Aufgabe erwidern 2. auf ein Ereignis reagieren
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 antworten
- antwortet present singular third-person
- antwortete past
- geantwortet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- antwortend participle present
- antworte first-person indicative present
- antwortest indicative present second-person
- antworteten first-person indicative plural
- antwortetest indicative preterite second-person
- antwortetet indicative plural preterite
- antwort imperative second-person singular
- habe geantwortet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geantwortet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- antworte! imperative singular
- antwortet! imperative plural
- geantwortet haben active infinitive perfect
- zu antworten active extended infinitive
- geantwortet zu haben active extended infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to antworten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is antworten in German?
antworten appears 65 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).