German

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Etymology

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an- +‎ Ecke +‎ -en

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈanˌʔɛkn̩]
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  • Hyphenation: an‧ecken

Verb

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anecken (weak, third-person singular present eckt an, past tense eckte an, past participle angeeckt, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. to bump into, hit by accident [with an (+ dative) ‘something’]
  2. to rub the wrong way

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • anecken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • anecken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • anecken” in Duden online