anfahren

B1 Verb frequency rank #10,325

What anfahren means

Verb

to start moving (of a vehicle; only of the very initial movement)
to approach, to come driving
to drive, go against
to drive into, to hit (typically with only light damage to the vehicle, not a severe crash)
to snap at, to bark at (someone)

Forms

anfahren · fährt an · fuhr an · hat angefahren (+ Akkusativ; gegen + Akkusativ)

Pronunciation

anfahren in a sentence

Der Bus fuhr langsam an.

The bus slowly started moving.

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anfahren is B1 German — intermediate vocabulary, ranked #10,325 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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