anstecken

German

Etymology

an +‎ stecken

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈanˌʃtekn̩/
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  • Hyphenation: an‧ste‧cken
  • Hyphenation: an‧stek‧ken (pre-1996)

Verb

anstecken (weak, third-person singular present steckt an, past tense steckte an, past participle angesteckt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to infect
  2. (reflexive, a disease) to contract (with preposition: mit)
  3. (transitive) to set fire to
  4. (transitive) to put on (a ring); to pin on

Conjugation

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