anzünden
German, verb
anzünden is spelled A-N-Z-Ü-N-D-E-N (8 letters) and appears 4.3 times per million words in written German, the 13,799th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anzünden is a German verb meaning “to light (anything flammable)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Anzünden is a different word: “gerund of anzünden”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas zum Brennen bringen; etwas in Brand setzen”.
What does anzünden mean in English?
verb
- 1
to light (anything flammable)
- 2
to strike (a match)
- 3
to set on fire, to set fire to
- 4
to kindle (as in the process of making a camping fire or something comparable)
- 5
to torch (used when referring to arson or the destruction of vehicles by fire)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of anzünden
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas zum Brennen bringen; etwas in Brand setzen
noun: 1. Handlung, etwas in Brand zu 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 anzünden
- zündet an present singular third-person
- zündete an past
- angezündet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- anzündend participle present
- anzuzünden infinitive infinitive-zu
- zünde an first-person indicative present
- zünden an first-person indicative plural
- zündest an indicative present second-person
- zündeten an first-person indicative plural
- zündetest an indicative preterite second-person
- zündetet an indicative plural preterite
- zünd an! imperative singular
- zünde an! imperative singular
- zündet an! imperative plural
- angezündet haben active infinitive perfect
- angezündet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- angezündet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to anzünden
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is anzünden in German?
anzünden appears 4.3 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).