anfressen
German, verb/ˈanfʁɛsn̩/
anfressen is spelled A-N-F-R-E-S-S-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written German, the 235,032nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anfressen is a German verb meaning “to get something from eating (e.g. a fat belly)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Stückchen von etwas fressen”.
What does anfressen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to get something from eating (e.g. a fat belly)
- 2
Austriacolloquialto eat until full
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ein Stückchen von etwas fressen 2. beginnen, etwas langsam zu zersetzen, die Struktur zu zerstören 3. jemanden verärgern, im Inneren angreifen 4. sich etwas durch (vieles/übermäßiges) Fressen zuziehen, bekommen (zum Beispiel ein Fettpolster/einen Bauch)
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 anfressen
- frisst an present singular third-person
- fraß an past
- angefressen participle past
- fräße an past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 5 strong
- anfressend participle present
- anzufressen infinitive infinitive-zu
- fresse an first-person indicative present
- fressen an first-person indicative plural
- fresst an indicative plural present
- fressest an second-person singular subjunctive
- fresset an plural second-person subjunctive
- fraßen an first-person indicative plural
- fräßen an first-person formal plural
- fraßest an indicative preterite second-person
- fraßt an indicative preterite second-person
- fräßest an formal rare second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce anfressen?
- /ˈanfʁɛsn̩/
- [ˈanˌfʁɛsn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is anfressen in German?
anfressen appears about once in every 17 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).