anstauen
German, verb[ˈanˌʃtaʊ̯ən]
anstauen is spelled A-N-S-T-A-U-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written German, the 271,406th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anstauen is a German verb meaning “to dam up” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas am Abfließen oder Abtransport hindern”.
What does anstauen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to dam up
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas am Abfließen oder Abtransport hindern 2. sich verstärkt ansammeln
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 anstauen
- staut an present singular third-person
- staute an past
- angestaut participle past
- haben auxiliary
- anstauend participle present
- anzustauen infinitive infinitive-zu
- staue an first-person indicative present
- stauen an first-person indicative plural
- staust an indicative present second-person
- stauest an second-person singular subjunctive
- stauet an plural second-person subjunctive
- stauten an first-person indicative plural
- stautest an indicative preterite second-person
- stautet an indicative plural preterite
- stau an! imperative singular
- staue an! imperative singular
- staut an! imperative plural
- angestaut haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce anstauen?
- [ˈanˌʃtaʊ̯ən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is anstauen in German?
anstauen appears about once in every 22 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).