Vokabahn

Verb

anpfeifen

to blow the whistle to start play

A2 rank #12,948

Meanings

Verb
  1. to blow the whistle to start play
  2. to start (e.g., a game of football) by blowing a whistle
  3. to reprimand someone sharply

In a sentence

Gleich pfeift der Schiedsrichter das Spiel an.

The referee is about to start the game.

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Forms

anpfeifen · pfeift an · pfiff an · hat angepfiffen (+ Akkusativ) · separable

anpfeifen is A2 German — still elementary vocabulary, ranked #12,948 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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