anfahren

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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 anthe train started slowly
  2. (intransitive) to approach
    der Zug kommt angefahrenthe train is coming
  3. (transitive) to drive into, to hit
    er hat eine Katze angefahrenhe 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 anfahrento start production again

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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