entgegenfiebern
German, verb[ʔɛntˈɡeːɡn̩ˌfiːbɐn]
entgegenfiebern is spelled E-N-T-G-E-G-E-N-F-I-E-B-E-R-N (15 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written German, the 309,493rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Entgegenfiebern is a German verb meaning “to feverishly await something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “aufgeregt auf ein Ereignis warten, angespannt etwas entgegensehen”.
What does entgegenfiebern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to feverishly await something
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. aufgeregt auf ein Ereignis warten, angespannt etwas entgegensehen
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 entgegenfiebern
- fiebert entgegen present singular third-person
- fieberte entgegen past
- entgegengefiebert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- entgegenfiebernd participle present
- entgegenzufiebern infinitive infinitive-zu
- fiebre entgegen first-person indicative present
- fiebere entgegen first-person indicative present
- fieber entgegen first-person indicative present
- fiebern entgegen first-person indicative plural
- fieberst entgegen indicative present second-person
- fieberest entgegen second-person singular subjunctive
- fiebrest entgegen second-person singular subjunctive
- fieberet entgegen plural second-person subjunctive
- fiebret entgegen plural second-person subjunctive
- fieberten entgegen first-person indicative plural
- fiebertest entgegen indicative preterite second-person
- fiebertet entgegen indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce entgegenfiebern?
- [ʔɛntˈɡeːɡn̩ˌfiːbɐn]
- [ɛntˈɡeːɡn̩ˌfiːbɐn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is entgegenfiebern in German?
entgegenfiebern appears about once in every 28 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).