Anfang
German, noun/ˈʔanfaŋ/
Anfang is a German masculine noun meaning “start, beginning, origin (spatially or temporally)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “zeitlicher oder räumlicher Beginn oder Ausgangspunkt eines Vorgangs oder einer Sache”.
What does Anfang mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestart, beginning, origin (spatially or temporally)
Es ist ein guter Anfang.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. zeitlicher oder räumlicher Beginn oder Ausgangspunkt eines Vorgangs oder einer Sache
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 Anfang
- Anfanges genitive
- Anfangs genitive
- Anfänge plural
- Anfange dative singular
- Anfängen dative definite plural
- Anf. alternative abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Anfang?
- /ˈʔanfaŋ/
- [ˈanˌfaŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Anfang
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Anfang in German?
Anfang appears 186 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).