Verb

sich an|fühlen

to feel (have a texture), to feel (seem)

Der Stoff fühlt sich weich an.

The fabric feels soft.

Es fühlt sich wie ein Traum an.

It feels like a dream.

Wie fühlt es sich an, frei zu sein?

How does it feel to be free?

sich ((adjective)) anfühlen to feel (adjective) The fabric feels soft.

sich ((like sth.)) anfühlen to feel like (sth.) It feels like a dream.

wirken (to seem), scheinen (to appear)

From the prefix an- (on, at) + fühlen (to feel). Describes the feeling 'on' the surface of something.

Think of how something 'feels' (fühlt) when you touch it 'on' (an) its surface. It's reflexive: 'sich anfühlen'.

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