anfauchen
German, verb/ˈanˌfaʊ̯xən/
anfauchen is a German verb meaning “to hiss, spit, growl at someone or something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “einen aggressiven, zischenden Ton in die Richtung von jemandem oder etwas abgeben”.
What does anfauchen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to hiss, spit, growl at someone or something
- 2
to snap at someone
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. einen aggressiven, zischenden Ton in die Richtung von jemandem oder etwas abgeben 2. jemanden scharf, gereizt ansprechen, zurechtweisen
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 anfauchen
- anfaucht present singular third-person
- anfauchte past
- geanfaucht participle past
- haben auxiliary
- anfauchend participle present
- anfauche first-person indicative present
- anfauchst indicative present second-person
- anfauchest second-person singular subjunctive
- anfauchet plural second-person subjunctive
- anfauchten first-person indicative plural
- anfauchtest indicative preterite second-person
- anfauchtet indicative plural preterite
- anfauch imperative second-person singular
- habe geanfaucht first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geanfaucht first-person indicative multiword-construction
- fauche an present
- fauchst an present
- faucht an present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce anfauchen?
- /ˈanˌfaʊ̯xən/
- [-faʊ̯xən]
- [-faʊ̯xn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is anfauchen in German?
anfauchen appears about once in every 83 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).