Ansteckung
German, noun/ˈanˌʃtekʊŋ/
Ansteckung is spelled A-N-S-T-E-C-K-U-N-G (10 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written German, the 31,999th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ansteckung is a German feminine noun meaning “infection” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Übertragung einer Krankheit”.
What does Ansteckung mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinfection
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Übertragung einer Krankheit
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 Ansteckung
- Ansteckungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ansteckung?
- /ˈanˌʃtekʊŋ/
- [ˈanˌʃtɛkʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Ansteckung
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Ansteckung in German?
Ansteckung appears 1.3 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).