anwerfen

See also: Anwerfen

German

Etymology

an- +‎ werfen

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈanvɛrfən/

Verb

anwerfen (class 3 strong, third-person singular present wirft an, past tense warf an, past participle angeworfen, past subjunctive würfe an, auxiliary haben)

  1. to throw at
  2. (transitive) to start up (an engine etc.)
    Synonym: (informal) anschmeißen
    • 2022 June 20, Katja Iken, “Umwelthistoriker Frank Uekötter über Kernkraft: Werden jetzt die Atomreaktoren wieder angeworfen?”, in Der Spiegel‎, →ISSN:
      Werden jetzt die Atomreaktoren wieder angeworfen? [title]
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

Further reading
  • “anwerfen” in Duden online
  • “anwerfen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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