anfrieren
[ˈanˌfʁiːʁən]
The verdict
“anfrieren” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - gefrieren und dabei irgendwo haften bleiben
Corpus desk
Index DE-anfrieren · anfrieren · German
anfrieren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | anfrieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈanˌfʁiːʁən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „anfrieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
anfrieren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈanˌfʁiːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for anfrieren in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is anfrieren, spelled A-N-F-R-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1gefrieren und dabei irgendwo haften bleiben
- 2durch Einwirkung von Frost geschädigt werden
- 3etwas großer Kälte aussetzen, so dass es beginnt zu gefrieren
- 4durch die Einwirkung von Frost die Beschädigung eines Körperteils erleiden, sich einen Körperteil leicht erfrieren
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how anfrieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nur aus Dummheit kann man mit der Zunge an einem Laternenpfahl anfrieren.
In diesem Jahr ist unsere Magnolie ausnahmsweise mal nicht angefroren und hatte wunderbare Blüten.
Synonyms
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.