anfühlen
German, verb[ˈanˌfyːlən]
anfühlen is a German verb meaning “to feel (by touch)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas mit den Fingern berühren”.
What does anfühlen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to feel (by touch)
- 2
to feel
Das fühlt sich weich an.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas mit den Fingern berühren 2. so vorkommen wie
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 anfühlen
- fühlt an present singular third-person
- fühlte an past
- angefühlt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- anfühlend participle present
- anzufühlen infinitive infinitive-zu
- fühle an first-person indicative present
- fühlen an first-person indicative plural
- fühlst an indicative present second-person
- fühlest an second-person singular subjunctive
- fühlet an plural second-person subjunctive
- fühlten an first-person indicative plural
- fühltest an indicative preterite second-person
- fühltet an indicative plural preterite
- fühl an! imperative singular
- fühle an! imperative singular
- fühlt an! imperative plural
- angefühlt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce anfühlen?
- [ˈanˌfyːlən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is anfühlen in German?
anfühlen appears 1.9 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).