anbellen
German, verb[ˈanˌbɛlən]
anbellen is spelled A-N-B-E-L-L-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written German, the 330,389th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anbellen is a German verb meaning “to bark at” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in Richtung von etwas oder jemandem bellen, gegen jemanden oder etwas bellende/kläffende Laute von sich geben”.
What does anbellen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to bark at
Mein Hund hört nie auf, die Nachbarn anzubellen
- 2
to bawl out
- 3
to call (by telephone)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. in Richtung von etwas oder jemandem bellen, gegen jemanden oder etwas bellende/kläffende Laute von sich geben 2. jemanden mit lauter Stimme ansprechen; jemanden barsch, heftig anfahren, jemanden wütend, unfreundlich zurechtweisen
verb: 1. mit jemandem telefonisch in Verbindung treten
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 anbellen
- bellt an present singular third-person
- bellte an past
- angebellt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- anbellend participle present
- anzubellen infinitive infinitive-zu
- belle an first-person indicative present
- bellen an first-person indicative plural
- bellst an indicative present second-person
- bellest an second-person singular subjunctive
- bellet an plural second-person subjunctive
- bellten an first-person indicative plural
- belltest an indicative preterite second-person
- belltet an indicative plural preterite
- bille an present
- billest an present
- billst an present
- billet an present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce anbellen?
- [ˈanˌbɛlən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is anbellen in German?
anbellen appears about once in every 32 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).