anvisieren
German, verb
anvisieren is spelled A-N-V-I-S-I-E-R-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 98,214th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anvisieren is a German verb meaning “to target” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Anvisieren is a different word: “gerund of anvisieren”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit einer Waffe zielen; der Versuch, etwas zu treffen, und dieses Ziel vorher ins Visier nehmen / den Blick…”.
What does anvisieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to target
noun
- 1
neutergerund of anvisieren
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mit einer Waffe zielen; der Versuch, etwas zu treffen, und dieses Ziel vorher ins Visier nehmen / den Blick auf das Ziel richten 2. ein Ziel setzen
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 anvisieren
- visiert an present singular third-person
- visierte an past
- anvisiert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- anvisierend participle present
- anzuvisieren infinitive infinitive-zu
- visiere an first-person indicative present
- visieren an first-person indicative plural
- visierst an indicative present second-person
- visierest an second-person singular subjunctive
- visieret an plural second-person subjunctive
- visierten an first-person indicative plural
- visiertest an indicative preterite second-person
- visiertet an indicative plural preterite
- visiere an! imperative singular
- visier an! imperative singular
- visiert an! imperative plural
- anvisiert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to anvisieren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is anvisieren in German?
anvisieren 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).