anfeuern
German, verb[ˈanˌfɔɪ̯ɐn]
anfeuern is spelled A-N-F-E-U-E-R-N (8 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written German, the 36,861st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anfeuern is a German verb meaning “to cheer, root for” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden motivieren; jemanden durch Gesten (meist Zurufe/Klatschen) antreiben etwas erfolgreich zu…”.
What does anfeuern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to cheer, root for
- 2
to light (i.e. an oven)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemanden motivieren; jemanden durch Gesten (meist Zurufe/Klatschen) antreiben etwas erfolgreich zu beenden/durchzuführen 2. ein Feuer (beispielsweise in einem Ofen/Kamin) entzünden 3. etwas (beispielsweise eine Diskussion/eine Kritik) verstärken
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 anfeuern
- feuert an present singular third-person
- feuerte an past
- angefeuert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- anfeuernd participle present
- anzufeuern infinitive infinitive-zu
- feure an first-person indicative present
- feuere an first-person indicative present
- feuer an first-person indicative present
- feuern an first-person indicative plural
- feuerst an indicative present second-person
- feuerest an second-person singular subjunctive
- feurest an second-person singular subjunctive
- feueret an plural second-person subjunctive
- feuret an plural second-person subjunctive
- feuerten an first-person indicative plural
- feuertest an indicative preterite second-person
- feuertet an indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce anfeuern?
- [ˈanˌfɔɪ̯ɐn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to anfeuern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is anfeuern in German?
anfeuern appears 1.1 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).