Herbstanfang
German, noun/ˈhɛʁpstʔanˌfaŋ/
Herbstanfang is spelled H-E-R-B-S-T-A-N-F-A-N-G (12 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 142,439th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Herbstanfang is a German masculine noun meaning “beginning of fall, beginning of autumn, early fall, early autumn” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “der Beginn des Herbsts”.
What does Herbstanfang mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebeginning of fall, beginning of autumn, early fall, early autumn
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. der Beginn des Herbsts
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 Herbstanfang
- Herbstanfanges genitive
- Herbstanfangs genitive
- Herbstanfänge plural
- Herbstanfange dative singular
- Herbstanfängen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Herbstanfang?
- /ˈhɛʁpstʔanˌfaŋ/
- [ˈhɛʁpstʔanˌfaŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Herbstanfang in German?
Herbstanfang appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).