anblasen
German, verb/ˈanˌblaːzn̩/
anblasen is spelled A-N-B-L-A-S-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 121,881st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anblasen is a German verb meaning “to blow in a blast furnace” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “auf jemanden/auf etwas blasen”.
What does anblasen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to blow in a blast furnace
- 2
to blow the first notes on a wind instrument
- 3
to blow on/at someone or something
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. auf jemanden/auf etwas blasen 2. lautstark/vehement Disziplin einfordern, heftig zurechtweisen/zur Ordnung ermahnen/rufen; anfahren 3. durch akustische Zeichen etwas ankündigen/starten/in Gang setzen 4. beginnen, auf einem Blasinstrument zu blasen; ganz leicht blasen
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 anblasen
- bläst an present singular third-person
- blies an past
- angeblasen participle past
- haben auxiliary
- 7 strong
- anblasend participle present
- anzublasen infinitive infinitive-zu
- blase an first-person indicative present
- blasen an first-person indicative plural
- blast an indicative plural present
- blasest an second-person singular subjunctive
- blaset an plural second-person subjunctive
- bliesen an first-person indicative plural
- bliese an first-person formal rare
- bliesest an indicative preterite second-person
- bliest an indicative preterite second-person
- blieset an formal plural rare
- blas an! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce anblasen?
- /ˈanˌblaːzn̩/
- [ˈanˌblaːzn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is anblasen in German?
anblasen appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).