angreifen.
to attack
Meaning & usage
to attack
to touch, to handle
Du sollst die Steckdose nicht angreifen!
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German anegrīfen (“to grab, seize upon, violate, assault, attack”), from Old High German anagrīfan (“to touch, grab, seize, attack”), from Proto-West Germanic *anagrīpan (“to seize, attack”), equivalent to an- + greifen. Cognate with German Low German angriepen, Dutch aangrijpen, Old English ongripe (“an attack, assault”).
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