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antörnen

German, verb[ˈanˌtœʁnən]

antörnen is spelled A-N-T-Ö-R-N-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 79 million words in written German, the 557,474th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Antörnen is a German verb meaning “to turn on, to arouse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Sinne reizen, auf positive Art in eine gute Laune versetzen, sexuell erregen”.

What does antörnen mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    colloquialto turn on, to arouse

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. die Sinne reizen, auf positive Art in eine gute Laune versetzen, sexuell erregen 2. Alkohol oder andere Drogen zu sich nehmen und sich damit berauschen

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 antörnen

  • törnt an present singular third-person
  • törnte an past
  • angetörnt participle past
  • haben auxiliary
  • antörnend participle present
  • anzutörnen infinitive infinitive-zu
  • törne an first-person indicative present
  • törnen an first-person indicative plural
  • törnst an indicative present second-person
  • törnest an second-person singular subjunctive
  • törnet an plural second-person subjunctive
  • törnten an first-person indicative plural
  • törntest an indicative preterite second-person
  • törntet an indicative plural preterite
  • törn an! imperative singular
  • törnt an! imperative plural
  • angetörnt haben active infinitive perfect
  • angetörnt werden processual-passive infinitive present

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce antörnen?

  • [ˈanˌtœʁnən]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is antörnen in German?

antörnen appears about once in every 79 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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