anfüttern
German, verb
anfüttern is spelled A-N-F-Ü-T-T-E-R-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written German, the 241,486th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anfüttern is a German verb meaning “to bait and feed wild animals in order to win their trust” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Anfüttern is a different word: “gerund of anfüttern”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Köder auswerfen, um Tiere vorerst an die Fütterung zu gewöhnen”.
What does anfüttern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to bait and feed wild animals in order to win their trust
- 2
to bribe by making gifts over a longer period of time in order to demand a consideration at a later point
noun
- 1
neutergerund of anfüttern
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Köder auswerfen, um Tiere vorerst an die Fütterung zu gewöhnen 2. jemanden durch kleine vermögenswerte Zuwendungen über längere Zeit hinweg gewogen machen, um später eine (unzulässige) Gegenleistung einzufordern
verb: 1. sich etwas durch (vieles) Essen zuziehen, bekommen (zum Beispiel 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 anfüttern
- füttert an present singular third-person
- fütterte an past
- angefüttert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- anfütternd participle present
- anzufüttern infinitive infinitive-zu
- füttre an first-person indicative present
- füttere an first-person indicative present
- fütter an first-person indicative present
- füttern an first-person indicative plural
- fütterst an indicative present second-person
- fütterest an second-person singular subjunctive
- füttrest an second-person singular subjunctive
- fütteret an plural second-person subjunctive
- füttret an plural second-person subjunctive
- fütterten an first-person indicative plural
- füttertest an indicative preterite second-person
- füttertet an indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is anfüttern in German?
anfüttern appears about once in every 18 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).