anfauchen

German

Alternative forms

  • anpfauchen (chiefly Austria)

Etymology

an- +‎ fauchen

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈanˌfaʊ̯xən/, [-faʊ̯xən], [-faʊ̯xn̩]
  • Hyphenation: an‧fau‧chen

Verb

anfauchen (weak, third-person singular present anfaucht, past tense anfauchte, past participle geanfaucht, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive, animal sound) to hiss, spit, growl at someone or something
  2. (transitive, figurative) to snap at someone

Conjugation

Further reading

  • anfauchen” in Duden online
  • anfauchen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • anfauchen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon