anwerben
German, verb
anwerben is spelled A-N-W-E-R-B-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 46,552nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anwerben is a German verb meaning “to recruit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Anwerben is a different word: “gerund of anwerben”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “durch Werben für eine Sache gewinnen”.
What does anwerben mean in English?
verb
- 1
to recruit
Er kündigte zwei Wochen nachdem er angeworben wurde.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of anwerben
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. durch Werben für eine Sache gewinnen
noun: 1. Prozess, bei dem versucht wird, jemanden für etwas zu gewinnen oder zu rekrutieren
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 anwerben
- wirbt an present singular third-person
- warb an past
- angeworben participle past
- würbe an past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 3 strong
- anwerbend participle present
- anzuwerben infinitive infinitive-zu
- werbe an first-person indicative present
- werben an first-person indicative plural
- wirbst an indicative present second-person
- werbt an indicative plural present
- werbest an second-person singular subjunctive
- werbet an plural second-person subjunctive
- warben an first-person indicative plural
- würben an first-person formal plural
- warbst an indicative preterite second-person
- warbt an indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to anwerben
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is anwerben in German?
anwerben 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).