German VERB B1 Rank 14077

heften

to staple / baste

heften – heftete – hat geheftet

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Forms adapted from the German Wiktionary entry heften, by Wiktionary contributors, licence CC BY-SA 4.0.

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heften vs anstecken

to infect / pin on / set fire to

With paper, anstecken means attaching a note to something else with a needle or pin. heften, by contrast, means joining several sheets together with a staple.

Visual example for anstecken
heften

Lara heftet die drei Blätter mit einer Heftklammer zusammen.

Lara stapled the three sheets together.

anstecken

Lara steckt den Zettel mit einer Nadel an die Pinnwand.

Lara pinned the note to the bulletin board with a pin.

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