anspannen

B1 Verb frequency rank #12,196

What anspannen means

Verb

to tense, to tighten (a muscle)
to strain, to put under strain
to harness (a horse to a cart)

Forms

anspannen · spannt an · spannte an · hat angespannt (+ Akkusativ)

Pronunciation

anspannen in a sentence

Er spannte alle Muskeln an und hob den Stein.

He tensed all his muscles and lifted the stone.

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anspannen is B1 German — intermediate vocabulary, ranked #12,196 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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