arten
German, verb
arten is spelled A-R-T-E-N (5 letters) and appears 51 times per million words in written German, the 1,666th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arten is a German verb meaning “to become [with nach (+ dative) ‘like’]” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Arten is a different word: “plural of Art”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “als Typ (Art) entstehen (lassen)”.
What does arten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to become [with nach (+ dative) ‘like’]
noun
- 1
plural of Art
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. als Typ (Art) entstehen (lassen) 2. sich mit der Zeit ähnlich zu jemandem/etwas entwickeln
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 arten
- artet present singular third-person
- artete past
- geartet participle past
- sein auxiliary
- artend participle present
- arte first-person indicative present
- artest indicative present second-person
- arteten first-person indicative plural
- artetest indicative preterite second-person
- artetet indicative plural preterite
- art imperative second-person singular
- bin geartet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- sind geartet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- art! imperative singular
- arte! imperative singular
- artet! imperative plural
- haben auxiliary perfect
- geartet haben auxiliary active infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is arten in German?
arten appears 51 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).