anspringen

C1 Verb frequency rank #11,826

What anspringen means

Verb

to start (of an engine)
to jump at, pounce
to start up, to turn on (e.g. of engines)
to pick up (of the economy)
to join in, to jump at the chance, to take the bait

Forms

anspringen · springt an · sprang an · ist angesprungen (+ Akkusativ; auf + Akkusativ) · separable

Pronunciation

anspringen in a sentence

Bei dieser Kälte springt der Motor oft nicht an.

In cold like this the engine often won't start.

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anspringen is C1 German — advanced vocabulary, ranked #11,826 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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