anzeigen
German, verb
anzeigen is spelled A-N-Z-E-I-G-E-N (8 letters) and appears 21 times per million words in written German, the 3,812th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anzeigen is a German verb meaning “to display, to show (a measurement e.g. time, temperature, speed etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Anzeigen is a different word: “gerund of anzeigen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “der Polizei oder Staatsanwaltschaft eine von jemandem verübte Straftat mitteilen”.
What does anzeigen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to display, to show (a measurement e.g. time, temperature, speed etc.)
- 2
to indicate
- 3
to announce (a marriage, engagement, change of premises etc.); to advertise
- 4
to report (to the police)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of anzeigen
noun
- 1
feminineplural of Anzeige
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. der Polizei oder Staatsanwaltschaft eine von jemandem verübte Straftat mitteilen 2. in einer Zeitung, Zeitschrift oder Ähnlichem, eine private, geschäftliche oder amtliche Mitteilung veröffentlichen 3. in Kenntnis setzen 4. Auskunft über den Stand von etwas geben
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 anzeigen
- zeigt an present singular third-person
- zeigte an past
- angezeigt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- anzeigend participle present
- anzuzeigen infinitive infinitive-zu
- zeige an first-person indicative present
- zeigen an first-person indicative plural
- zeigst an indicative present second-person
- zeigest an second-person singular subjunctive
- zeiget an plural second-person subjunctive
- zeigten an first-person indicative plural
- zeigtest an indicative preterite second-person
- zeigtet an indicative plural preterite
- zeig an! imperative singular
- zeige an! imperative singular
- zeigt an! imperative plural
- angezeigt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to anzeigen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is anzeigen in German?
anzeigen appears 21 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).