Anfänger
German, noun/ˈanfɛŋɐ/
Anfänger is spelled A-N-F-Ä-N-G-E-R (8 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written German, the 6,647th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anfänger is a German masculine noun meaning “agent noun of anfangen; beginner, novice” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Person, die mit etwas erst kürzlich begonnen hat und dadurch wenig Sachkenntnisse besitzt”.
What does Anfänger mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineagent noun of anfangen; beginner, novice
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Person, die mit etwas erst kürzlich begonnen hat und dadurch wenig Sachkenntnisse besitzt 2. steinernes Widerlager eines Bogens oder Gewölbes auf einem tragenden Gesims, einem Pfeiler oder dem Kapitell einer Säule
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 Anfänger
- Anfängers genitive
- Anfängerin feminine
- Anfängern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Anfänger?
- /ˈanfɛŋɐ/
- [ˈanˌfɛŋɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Anfänger
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Anfänger in German?
Anfänger appears 11 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).