anlangen

German

Etymology

an- +‎ langen

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)

Verb

anlangen (weak, third-person singular present langt an, past tense langte an, past participle angelangt, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. (transitive, regional) to touch (literally) [auxiliary haben]
  2. (intransitive) to arrive [auxiliary sein]
    Synonyms: angelangen, ankommen
  3. (transitive) to concern, to touch [auxiliary haben]
    Synonyms: anbelangen, anbetreffen, angehen

Usage notes

anfassen is a more common synonym for literal “touch”; “anlangen” in the literal sense is mostly used in Southern Germany and is unlikely to be understood in formal writing because of the figurative senses prevailing.

Conjugation

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

Further reading
  • “anlangen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “anlangen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “anlangen” in Duden online
  • “anlangen” in OpenThesaurus.de
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.