anpfeifen
German, verb[ˈʔanˌp͡faɪ̯fn̩]
anpfeifen is spelled A-N-P-F-E-I-F-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 72 million words in written German, the 528,992nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anpfeifen is a German verb meaning “to start (e.g., a game of football) by blowing a whistle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does anpfeifen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to start (e.g., a game of football) by blowing a whistle
- 2
to reprimand someone sharply
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of anpfeifen
- pfeift an present singular third-person
- pfiff an past
- angepfiffen participle past
- haben auxiliary
- 1 strong
- anpfeifend participle present
- anzupfeifen infinitive infinitive-zu
- pfeife an first-person indicative present
- pfeifen an first-person indicative plural
- pfeifst an indicative present second-person
- pfeifest an second-person singular subjunctive
- pfeifet an plural second-person subjunctive
- pfiffen an first-person indicative plural
- pfiffe an first-person formal rare
- pfiffst an indicative preterite second-person
- pfifft an indicative plural preterite
- pfiffest an formal rare second-person
- pfiffet an formal plural rare
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce anpfeifen?
- [ˈʔanˌp͡faɪ̯fn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is anpfeifen in German?
anpfeifen appears about once in every 72 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).