anfassen
German, verb
anfassen is a German verb meaning “to touch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Anfassen is a different word: “gerund of anfassen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit der Hand oder den Fingern absichtlich berühren”.
What does anfassen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to touch
Nicht anfassen!
noun
- 1
neutergerund of anfassen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mit der Hand oder den Fingern absichtlich berühren
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 anfassen
- fasst an present singular third-person
- fasste an past
- angefasst participle past
- haben auxiliary
- anfassend participle present
- anzufassen infinitive infinitive-zu
- fasse an first-person indicative present
- fassen an first-person indicative plural
- fassest an second-person singular subjunctive
- fasset an plural second-person subjunctive
- fassten an first-person indicative plural
- fasstest an indicative preterite second-person
- fasstet an indicative plural preterite
- fasse an! imperative singular
- fasst an! imperative plural
- angefasst haben active infinitive perfect
- angefasst werden processual-passive infinitive present
- angefasst worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to anfassen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is anfassen in German?
anfassen appears 6.5 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).