anstarren
German, verb
anstarren is spelled A-N-S-T-A-R-R-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 43,786th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anstarren is a German verb meaning “to stare at” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Anstarren is a different word: “gerund of anstarren”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden oder eine Sache ohne Unterlass eindringlich anschauen”.
What does anstarren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to stare at
Heute im Zug hat mich eine Frau angestarrt.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of anstarren
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemanden oder eine Sache ohne Unterlass eindringlich anschauen
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 anstarren
- starrt an present singular third-person
- starrte an past
- angestarrt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- anstarrend participle present
- anzustarren infinitive infinitive-zu
- starre an first-person indicative present
- starren an first-person indicative plural
- starrst an indicative present second-person
- starrest an second-person singular subjunctive
- starret an plural second-person subjunctive
- starrten an first-person indicative plural
- starrtest an indicative preterite second-person
- starrtet an indicative plural preterite
- starre an! imperative singular
- starrt an! imperative plural
- angestarrt haben active infinitive perfect
- angestarrt werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to anstarren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is anstarren in German?
anstarren appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).