anfangs
German, adverb
anfangs is spelled A-N-F-A-N-G-S (7 letters) and appears 32 times per million words in written German, the 2,594th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anfangs is a German adverb meaning “initially, at the beginning” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Anfangs is a different word: “genitive singular of Anfang”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “am Anfang”.
What does anfangs mean in English?
adverb
- 1
initially, at the beginning
noun
- 1
genitive singular of Anfang
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. 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.
English words that translate to anfangs
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is anfangs in German?
anfangs appears 32 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).