
anfahren is one of the B1 words in the free course — with this picture, the audio, and spaced repetition.
anfahren
start driving / approach
/ˈanˌfaːʁən/Conjugation
Principal parts
anfahren, fuhr an, hat angefahren
Practice "anfahren"
Examples — anfahren in a sentence
Der Bus fährt langsam an.
The bus starts moving slowly.
Vorsicht, fahr das andere Auto nicht an!
Careful, don't hit the other car!
How to remember it
"an" (at/toward) + fahren (drive) → drive up toward something — or, roughly, into it.
Word family
fahren family · 12 related words