Anfall
German, noun/ˈanfal/
Anfall is spelled A-N-F-A-L-L (6 letters) and appears 3.8 times per million words in written German, the 15,068th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anfall is a German masculine noun meaning “fit; seizure; attack (medical or emotional)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “plötzliches, heftiges Auftreten einer Krankheit”.
What does Anfall mean in English?
noun
- 1
archaicmasculineswift attack (military or criminal)
- 2
masculinefit; seizure; attack (medical or emotional)
- 3
masculineyield; volume; quantum (an amount or number of something, especially one that varies somewhat irregularly between periods of time)
Der Anfall an Krankmeldungen ist in diesem Quartal besonders niedrig.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. plötzliches, heftiges Auftreten einer Krankheit 2. plötzliches, heftiges Auftreten eines Gefühls oder einer Gefühlsäußerung
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 Anfall
- Anfalles genitive
- Anfalls genitive
- Anfälle plural
- Anfalle dative singular
- Anfällen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Anfall?
- /ˈanfal/
- [ˈanˌfal]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Anfall
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Anfall in German?
Anfall appears 3.8 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).