anfahren

German

Etymology

an- +‎ fahren

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈanˌfaːʁən/
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Verb

anfahren (class 6 strong, third-person singular present fährt an, past tense fuhr an, past participle angefahren, past subjunctive führe an, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. (intransitive) to start (driving); to hit the road
    Synonym: losfahren
    der Zug fuhr langsam an ― the train started slowly
  2. (intransitive) to approach
    der Zug kommt angefahren ― the train is coming
  3. (transitive) to drive into, to hit
    er hat eine Katze angefahren ― he hit a cat
  4. (transitive) to drive, go against
    gegen den Wind anfahren ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  5. (transitive) to drive towards (a destination)
    Mittags habe ich dann München angefahren. ― I drove to Munich at noon.
  6. (figurative, transitive) to rebuke, to snap at someone
    Synonym: zurechtweisen
    ich wurde vom Chef angefahren ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  7. (transitive, of machinery) to start
    die Produktion wieder anfahren ― to start production again

Conjugation

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Further reading
  • “anfahren” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “anfahren” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “anfahren” in Duden online
  • “anfahren” in OpenThesaurus.de
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