anschnauzen
German, verb/ˈanˌʃnaʊ̯t͡sn̩/
anschnauzen is spelled A-N-S-C-H-N-A-U-Z-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written German, the 261,124th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anschnauzen is a German verb meaning “to (rudely) snap at someone, to jump down someone's throat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit groben Worten laut zurechtweisen”.
What does anschnauzen mean in English?
verb
- 1
derogatoryinformalto (rudely) snap at someone, to jump down someone's throat
Wir hatten den Laden kaum betreten und wurden direkt angeschauzt, dass sie gerade Pause machen.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mit groben Worten laut zurechtweisen
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 anschnauzen
- schnauzt an present singular third-person
- schnauzte an past
- angeschnauzt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- anschnauzend participle present
- anzuschnauzen infinitive infinitive-zu
- schnauze an first-person indicative present
- schnauzen an first-person indicative plural
- schnauzest an second-person singular subjunctive
- schnauzet an plural second-person subjunctive
- schnauzten an first-person indicative plural
- schnauztest an indicative preterite second-person
- schnauztet an indicative plural preterite
- schnauze an! imperative singular
- schnauzt an! imperative plural
- angeschnauzt haben active infinitive perfect
- angeschnauzt werden processual-passive infinitive present
- angeschnauzt worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce anschnauzen?
- /ˈanˌʃnaʊ̯t͡sn̩/
- [ˈanˌʃnaʊ̯t͡sn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to anschnauzen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is anschnauzen in German?
anschnauzen appears about once in every 21 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).