anfixen
German, verb/ˈanˌfɪksn̩/
anfixen is spelled A-N-F-I-X-E-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 51 million words in written German, the 434,655th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anfixen is a German verb meaning “to get someone hooked, to make addicted” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden, der bisher keine Drogen konsumiert hat, dazu verleiten, sich welche zu injizieren oder injizieren…”.
What does anfixen mean in English?
verb
- 1
slangto get someone hooked, to make addicted
- 2
colloquialto fill with enthusiasm, to thrill
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemanden, der bisher keine Drogen konsumiert hat, dazu verleiten, sich welche zu injizieren oder injizieren zu lassen 2. (durch überschwängliche Beschreibungen) jemanden für etwas begeistern, von etwas überzeugen, auf etwas neugierig machen 3. Leerverkäufe tätigen und so auf eine Baisse spekulieren
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 anfixen
- fixt an present singular third-person
- fixte an past
- angefixt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- anfixend participle present
- anzufixen infinitive infinitive-zu
- fixe an first-person indicative present
- fixen an first-person indicative plural
- fixest an second-person singular subjunctive
- fixet an plural second-person subjunctive
- fixten an first-person indicative plural
- fixtest an indicative preterite second-person
- fixtet an indicative plural preterite
- fixe an! imperative singular
- fixt an! imperative plural
- angefixt haben active infinitive perfect
- angefixt werden processual-passive infinitive present
- angefixt worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce anfixen?
- /ˈanˌfɪksn̩/
- [ˈanˌfɪksn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is anfixen in German?
anfixen appears about once in every 51 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).