anstacheln
German, verb
anstacheln is spelled A-N-S-T-A-C-H-E-L-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 94,067th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anstacheln is a German verb meaning “synonym of aufstacheln (“to incite”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Anstacheln is a different word: “gerund of anstacheln”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “zu besseren Leistungen, größerer Anstrengung motivieren, treiben”.
What does anstacheln mean in English?
verb
- 1
synonym of aufstacheln (“to incite”)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of anstacheln
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. zu besseren Leistungen, größerer Anstrengung motivieren, treiben
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 anstacheln
- stachelt an present singular third-person
- stachelte an past
- angestachelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- anstachelnd participle present
- anzustacheln infinitive infinitive-zu
- stachle an first-person indicative present
- stachele an first-person indicative present
- stachel an first-person indicative present
- stacheln an first-person indicative plural
- stachelst an indicative present second-person
- stachelest an second-person singular subjunctive
- stachlest an second-person singular subjunctive
- stachelet an plural second-person subjunctive
- stachlet an plural second-person subjunctive
- stachelten an first-person indicative plural
- stacheltest an indicative preterite second-person
- stacheltet an indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to anstacheln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is anstacheln in German?
anstacheln appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).