ansteckend
German, adjective[ˈanˌʃtɛkn̩t]
ansteckend is spelled A-N-S-T-E-C-K-E-N-D (10 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written German, the 20,880th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ansteckend is a German adjective meaning “contagious” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of anstecken. The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Krankheit verursacht durch Krankheitserreger (Viren, Bakterien, Pilze), die von einem Menschen auf den…”.
What does ansteckend mean in English?
adjective
- 1
contagious
- 2
contagious
verb
- 1
present participle of anstecken
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. eine Krankheit verursacht durch Krankheitserreger (Viren, Bakterien, Pilze), die von einem Menschen auf den nächsten übertragen werden kann 2. so, dass andere etwas nachmachen müssen; so, dass sich eine Stimmung auf andere überträgt
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 ansteckend
- ansteckender masculine nominative singular
- am ansteckendsten superlative
- ansteckende feminine nominative singular
- ansteckendes neuter nominative singular
- ansteckenden genitive masculine singular
- ansteckendem dative masculine singular
- der ansteckende definite includes-article masculine
- die ansteckende definite feminine includes-article
- das ansteckende definite includes-article neuter
- die ansteckenden definite includes-article nominative
- des ansteckenden definite genitive includes-article
- der ansteckenden definite feminine genitive
- dem ansteckenden dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ansteckend?
- [ˈanˌʃtɛkn̩t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ansteckend
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ansteckend in German?
ansteckend appears 2.5 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).