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to click
To point at an element on the screen with a computer input device (such as a mouse) and press a button in order to trigger an action.
Um das Programm zu starten, musst du das Symbol doppelt anklicken.
To start the program, you have to double-click the icon.
'Anklicken' (to click) is a separable verb. In a main clause, the prefix 'an' comes at the end; in a subordinate clause it stays attached to the verb, and in the infinitive with 'zu', 'zu' goes in between.
Ich klicke den Link an.
I click the link.
The object that is clicked always takes the accusative. You ask: Whom or what am I clicking?
Klicken Sie bitte den Button für die Bestätigung an.
Please click the button to confirm.
In a digital context, 'anklicken' (to click) is typically used with words like 'einen Link' (a link), 'einen Button' (a button), 'eine Datei' (a file), or 'ein Kästchen' (a box).
Um die AGB zu akzeptieren, müssen Sie dieses Kästchen anklicken.
To accept the terms and conditions, you must click this box.
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Both verbs describe activating an element on the screen. With klicken, the element usually follows the preposition „auf“; anklicken takes it directly as the object. Thus, you click auf einen Link or klicken einen Link an.
Klicken Sie den blauen Link an, um die Seite zu öffnen.
Click the blue link to open the page.
Klicken Sie auf den blauen Link, um die Seite zu öffnen.
Click the blue link to open the page.
