anfänglich
German, adjective[ˈʔanfɛŋlɪç]
anfänglich is spelled A-N-F-Ä-N-G-L-I-C-H (10 letters) and appears 4.9 times per million words in written German, the 12,471st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anfänglich is a German adjective meaning “initial” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “anfangs noch vorhanden”.
What does anfänglich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
initial
adverb
- 1
at first, initially
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. anfangs noch vorhanden 2. zuerst, am Anfang
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 anfänglich
- anfänglicher masculine nominative singular
- anfängliche feminine nominative singular
- anfängliches neuter nominative singular
- anfänglichen genitive masculine singular
- anfänglichem dative masculine singular
- der anfängliche definite includes-article masculine
- die anfängliche definite feminine includes-article
- das anfängliche definite includes-article neuter
- die anfänglichen definite includes-article nominative
- des anfänglichen definite genitive includes-article
- der anfänglichen definite feminine genitive
- dem anfänglichen dative definite includes-article
- den anfänglichen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce anfänglich?
- [ˈʔanfɛŋlɪç]
- [ˈanfɛŋlɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to anfänglich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is anfänglich in German?
anfänglich appears 4.9 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).