anfallen

B2 Verb frequency rank #8,288

What anfallen means

Verb

to set upon, to attack suddenly (especially of animals or persons compared to animals)
to assail, overwhelm
to befall, grip, overwhelm suddenly (of moods, feelings)
to arise, be incurred, to accumulate

Forms

anfallen · fällt an · fiel an · hat angefallen (+ Akkusativ)

Pronunciation

anfallen in a sentence

Wo sie auch hingeht, wird sie von Paparazzi angefallen.

Wherever she goes, she is assailed by paparazzi.

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anfallen is B2 German — upper-intermediate vocabulary, ranked #8,288 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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