antreffen
German, verb[ˈanˌtʁɛfn̩]
antreffen is spelled A-N-T-R-E-F-F-E-N (9 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written German, the 34,034th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Antreffen is a German verb meaning “to come across” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden oder etwas an einem bestimmten Ort, in einem bestimmten Zustand vorfinden”.
What does antreffen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to come across
- 2
to meet
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemanden oder etwas an einem bestimmten Ort, in einem bestimmten Zustand vorfinden
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 antreffen
- trifft an present singular third-person
- traf an past
- angetroffen participle past
- träfe an past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 4 strong
- antreffend participle present
- anzutreffen infinitive infinitive-zu
- treffe an first-person indicative present
- treffen an first-person indicative plural
- triffst an indicative present second-person
- trefft an indicative plural present
- treffest an second-person singular subjunctive
- treffet an plural second-person subjunctive
- trafen an first-person indicative plural
- träfen an first-person formal plural
- trafst an indicative preterite second-person
- traft an indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce antreffen?
- [ˈanˌtʁɛfn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is antreffen in German?
antreffen appears 1.2 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).