anpöbeln
German, verb/ˈanˌpøːbl̩n/
anpöbeln is spelled A-N-P-Ö-B-E-L-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 132,783rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anpöbeln is a German verb meaning “to provoke, accost” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit beleidigenden Äußerungen andere Menschen belästigen”.
What does anpöbeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to provoke, accost
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mit beleidigenden Äußerungen andere Menschen belästigen
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 anpöbeln
- pöbelt an present singular third-person
- pöbelte an past
- angepöbelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- anpöbelnd participle present
- anzupöbeln infinitive infinitive-zu
- pöble an first-person indicative present
- pöbele an first-person indicative present
- pöbel an first-person indicative present
- pöbeln an first-person indicative plural
- pöbelst an indicative present second-person
- pöbelest an second-person singular subjunctive
- pöblest an second-person singular subjunctive
- pöbelet an plural second-person subjunctive
- pöblet an plural second-person subjunctive
- pöbelten an first-person indicative plural
- pöbeltest an indicative preterite second-person
- pöbeltet an indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce anpöbeln?
- /ˈanˌpøːbl̩n/
- [ˈanˌpøːbl̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is anpöbeln in German?
anpöbeln appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).