anwinkeln
German, verb/ˈanˌvɪŋkəln/
anwinkeln is spelled A-N-W-I-N-K-E-L-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 200,239th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anwinkeln is a German verb meaning “to angle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Gliedmaße im Gelenk beugen”.
What does anwinkeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to angle
- 2
to bend slightly
Winkel deine Beine an!
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. eine Gliedmaße im Gelenk beugen 2. ein Material in/zu einem gewollten Winkel biegen
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 anwinkeln
- winkelt an present singular third-person
- winkelte an past
- angewinkelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- anwinkelnd participle present
- anzuwinkeln infinitive infinitive-zu
- winkle an first-person indicative present
- winkele an first-person indicative present
- winkel an first-person indicative present
- winkeln an first-person indicative plural
- winkelst an indicative present second-person
- winkelest an second-person singular subjunctive
- winklest an second-person singular subjunctive
- winkelet an plural second-person subjunctive
- winklet an plural second-person subjunctive
- winkelten an first-person indicative plural
- winkeltest an indicative preterite second-person
- winkeltet an indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce anwinkeln?
- /ˈanˌvɪŋkəln/
- [ˈanˌvɪŋkl̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is anwinkeln in German?
anwinkeln appears about once in every 13 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).