Polyglot Dictionary

Anflug

/ˈanˌfluːk/

der noun B2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Anflüge

Meaning

  1. hint, trace, touch (of a feeling); approach (of an aircraft)

    Built from an- + fliegen (to fly).

N Category Idea Concreteness Abstract Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Hauch

Close synonyms for a faint trace or hint of something (ein Hauch/Anflug von Ironie).

Similar in other languages

English

touch

Close — "a touch of" a feeling matches Anflug's sense directly.

Spanish

tacto

Close — "a touch of" a feeling matches Anflug's sense directly.

English

trace

trace is the English word for the same thing — both mean "hint, touch (of a feeling)."

Practice

1 What does Anflug mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ein ___ von Lächeln zeigte sich auf ihrem Gesicht.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Anflug?

See also

noun

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