German–English dictionary

aufdrängen

(transitive) To introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant.

aufdrehen

(colloquial, usually, with up) To connect to amplifiers.

aufdringlich

Overly ostentatious; so colorful as to be in bad taste. [from 1540s]

Aufdringlichkeit

Deliberate pestering or intimidation.

aufdröseln

Of threads: to become separated from something knitted or woven, such as clothing or fabric; also, of something knitted or woven: to separate into threads; to come apart.

Aufdruck

An impression; the mark left behind by printing something.

aufdrucken

To leave a print, impression, image, etc.

aufeinander abstimmen

(transitive) To make things correspond or agree with each other.

aufeinander folgend

Coming one after the other in a series.

aufeinander stoßen

(intransitive) To come into conflict, or be incompatible.

aufeinanderfolgend

following, in succession, without interruption

aufeinanderfolgende

Coming one after the other in a series.

aufeinanderprallen

(intransitive, of clothes, decor, colours) To fail to look good together; to contrast unattractively; to fail to harmonize.

Aufeinandertreffen

Opposition; contradiction; such as between differing or contending interests, views, purposes etc.

Aufenthalt

(dated, or, legal) Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn. [Attested from (1350 to 1470) to the mid 18th century.]

Aufenthaltsort

Restraint of passion; prudence; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety.

Aufenthaltsraum

(now, rare) A place where one can lounge; an area, establishment, house etc. where loungers gather and where one can relax and be at ease.

auferlegen

(transitive) To determine, estimate or judge the value of; to evaluate; to estimate.

auferstehen

To come to mind; to be suggested; to occur.

Auferstehung

(Christianity) The resurrection of Jesus Christ.

aufessen

(ambitransitive) To consume completely.

auffächern

(physics, transitive, intransitive) To separate rays of light, etc., according to wavelength; to refract.

Auffächerung

(evolutionary theory, countable) A rapid diversification of an ancestral species into many new forms.

auffädeln

(transitive) To put (items) on a string.

auffahren

(transitive) To disturb and set in motion; to alarm; to rouse; to cause to flee.

Auffahrt

The fortieth day of Easter, that is the Thursday 39 days after Easter Day.

auffallend

Boldly self-assured; confident without being aggressive.

auffällig

Obvious or easy to notice.

Auffälligkeit

(palmistry) Any of seven fleshy prominences in the palm of the hand, taken to represent the influences of various heavenly bodies.

Auffangregister

(electronics) An electronic circuit that is like a flip-flop, except that it is level triggered instead of edge triggered.

auffassen

(transitive) To interpret (something) to another or publicly, explain the meaning of (something, usually language).

Auffassung

Perception; the act of understanding using one's intellect without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment

Auffassungsgabe

The faculty by which ideas are conceived or by which perceptions are grasped; understanding.

Auffassungskraft

The faculty by which ideas are conceived or by which perceptions are grasped; understanding.

Auffassungsvermögen

The human faculty or power to mentally grasp or understand clearly.

auffflackern

(intransitive) To shine out with a sudden and unsteady light; to emit a dazzling or painfully bright light.

auffliegen

(intransitive) To take suddenly to flight, especially from cover.

Auffliegen (Geflügel)

A flock of birds fluttering in the air in one place.

Aufforderung

A call to do something, especially to come.

aufforsten

(transitive) To make into forest

auffressen

(ambitransitive) To gnaw; to consume, to eat away.

auffrischen

(idiomatic) To review; to improve an existing but rusty or underdeveloped skill.

aufführen

(now rare) To conduct; to behave; to comport; followed by the reflexive pronoun.

Aufführung

An interpretation or performance of an artwork, especially a musical score or musical work. [from 19th c.]

Aufführungsort

(legal) A neighborhood or near place; the place or county in which anything is alleged to have happened; also, the place where an action is laid, or the district from which a jury comes.

Aufführungsstätte

(legal) A neighborhood or near place; the place or county in which anything is alleged to have happened; also, the place where an action is laid, or the district from which a jury comes.

auffüllen

(transitive, obsolete) To make complete, to bring to a full development.

Auffüllung

The act of replenishing.

Aufgabe

The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment. [Late 16th century.]

Aufgabegriff

A submission hold in wrestling, mixed martial arts, or other combat sports.

aufgabeln

(transitive) To move with a fork (as hay or food).

Aufgabengebiet

An assigned task.

Aufgabenstellung

Potential range of action; degree of freedom; opportunity.

Aufgang

The process of or an action or instance of moving upwards or becoming greater.

aufgebauscht

Puffed up like a bird's feathers.

aufgebbar

Regarded as not worth preserving or saving; able to be sacrificed.

aufgeben

(transitive) To give up or relinquish control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470)]

Aufgeber

One who quits, as:

aufgebläht

Distended, swollen, or inflated.

aufgeblasen

(UK) Obtrusively pushy; self-important; self-assertive to a pretentious extreme.

aufgeblasenes Gesülze

(informal) Something written in an overly complex, incoherent, or incomprehensible manner.

Aufgebot

The announcement of a forthcoming marriage (legally required for a church wedding in England and Wales and read on the three Sundays preceding the marriage).

aufgebracht

(of a person, predicative, _, only) Angry, distressed, or unhappy.

aufgebraucht

Used up, expended; of which nothing is left.

aufgedonnert

(of clothing, appearance, etc.) Cheap and gaudy; showy.

aufgedreht

Unable to concentrate or think seriously; easily excited; impulsive; also, lightheartedly silly; frivolous.

aufgeflogen

(slang) Caught in the act of doing something one shouldn't do.

aufgegangene Saat

(agriculture, horticulture, archaic) The act of scattering seed; a crop grown from such seed.

aufgegeben

Given up by the guardian or owner; abandoned, forsaken.

aufgegeben-ein verlassenes Schiff

(uncountable, specifically, law) Property abandoned at sea with no hope of recovery and no expectation of being returned to its owner; (countable) an item of such property, especially a ship.

aufgegebene Mine

A disused mine or part of one.

aufgehängt

Dangling, drooping, hanging down or suspended.

Aufgeheitertsein

The act of enlivening the spirits; the act of making glad or cheerful; a gladdening.

aufgehen

(transitive) To treat with arrogance and insolence; to chide or rebuke rudely; to bully, to hector.

aufgehen lassen

(transitive, baking) To allow (yeast-containing dough) to rise, especially after it has been shaped

aufgehend

Going up, physically or in quantity, rate, etc.

aufgeklärt

Educated or informed.

aufgekratzt

(idiomatic) To be overly active relative to the enclosed space in which one is.

aufgelöst

Deeply hurt, saddened, or worried; incapacitated by distress.

aufgenommen

Associated, related, or united; subject to a particular affiliation.

Aufgepasst

A call for people to be quiet/stop doing what they are presently doing and pay heed to what they are to be told or shown.

aufgeplustert

Puffed up like a bird's feathers.

aufgepumpt

Filled with air or fluid

aufgeregt

In a state of tremulous excitement, anticipation or confusion.

aufgeregtes Durcheinander

(figurative) Any sudden activity; a stir.

Aufgeregtheit

(uncountable) The state of being excited (emotionally aroused).

aufgerissen

(of skin) Split or ruptured.

aufgeschoben

Delayed; put off till later.

aufgesetzt

Exaggerated and likely to be forced or insincere. (of a smile or grin)

aufgesprungen

(of skin) Dry and flaky due to excessive evaporation of water from its surface.

aufgestaut

Erect, not cut down.

aufgetakelt

Very showy or ornamented, now especially when excessive, or in a tasteless or vulgar manner.

aufgetrieben

(biology) gravid.

aufgeweckt

Of keen insight or selective judgement; perceptive.

Aufgewecktheit

(idiomatic, figurative) Intelligence, cleverness.

aufgeweicht

Soaked or drenched with liquid; soggy, saturated.

aufgewühlt

(of a person, predicative, _, only) Angry, distressed, or unhappy.

Aufgewühltheit

Emotional turmoil; painful sadness; anguish.

aufgezeichnet

That has been fixed into a physical medium (for example, a book, compact disc or videotape).

aufgliedern

(transitive) To state in items, or by particulars

aufgrund

(idiomatic) (originally) By the authority or power of; (now) because of; on the grounds of; by reason of.

Aufguss

A product consisting of a liquid which has had other ingredients steeped in it to extract useful qualities.

aufhalsen

(transitive) To introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant.

aufhalten

(transitive) To control, limit, or halt.

aufhängen

(intransitive, legal) To be executed by suspension by one's neck from a gallows, a tree, or other raised bar, attached by a rope tied into a noose.

Aufhänger

A ploy or strategy used to attract attention or gain traction.

Aufhängung

(vehicle) The system of springs and shock absorbers connected to the wheels in an automobile, which allows the vehicle to move smoothly with reduced shock to its occupants.

aufhebeln

To use leverage to open, raise, or widen (something); to prise or prize.

aufheben

To end a law, system, institution, custom or practice. [First attested from around 1350 to 1470.]

Aufhebung

The act of abolishing; an annulling; abrogation. [First attested around the early 16th century.]

aufheißen

(transitive) To raise; to lift; to elevate (especially, to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle or pulley, said of a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight).

aufheitern

(intransitive, said of the weather) To become brighter

Aufheiterung

The act of enlivening the spirits; the act of making glad or cheerful; a gladdening.

aufhetzen

(transitive, crime) To incite; to assist or encourage by aid or countenance in crime. [ca. 1350–1470]

Aufheulen

A long, loud, deep shout, as of rage or laughter, made with the mouth wide open.

aufheulen lassen

(ergative) To increase the speed of a motor, or to operate at a higher speed.

aufhissen

(transitive) To raise; to lift; to elevate (especially, to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle or pulley, said of a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight).

aufholen

(intransitive) To be brought up to date with news.

aufhören

(intransitive, of a voice) To alter in type due to emotion or strain: in men, generally to go up, in women, sometimes to go down; to crack.

aufjagen

(intransitive) To take suddenly to flight, especially from cover.

Aufkantung

A raised margin along the edge of something, such as a well or the eye of a dome, as a strengthening.

aufkeimen

(intransitive) To emerge from the ground as sprouts.

aufkeimend

That buds, grows or expands; developing.

aufklappbar

Designed to be collapsed, especially so as to be more compact when not in use.

aufklären

(by extension) To make or become clear or easily understood; to explain or resolve in order to remove doubt or obscurity.

Aufklärung

(history) A 17th- and 18th-century European intellectual movement emphasizing rationalism. The period during which it flourished is called the Age of Enlightenment or Age of Reason.

Aufkleber

An adhesive label or decal.

aufknöpfen

(intransitive, ergative) To come open by having its buttons unfastened.

aufkommen

(intransitive) To spring up; to come into action, being, or notice; to become operative, sensible, or visible; to begin to act a part; to present itself.

aufkommend

Emergent or rising.

aufkündigen

(transitive) To announce the termination of; especially a treaty or armistice.

aufladen

To call to account; to challenge.

Auflage

Something that constrains; a restriction.

Auflagebock

(architecture) The base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp.

Auflagefläche

A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid.

Auflagegestell

A folding or fixed set of legs used to support a tabletop or planks.

Auflager

(architecture, proscribed) The unsupported span.

auflauern

(dated) To lie in wait for, or to attack from a covert or lurking place; to waylay.

Auflauf

Food, such as a stew, cooked in such a dish.

Auflaufen

An increase; something that accumulates, especially an amount of money that periodically accumulates for a specific purpose

auflaufen lassen

(sports, transitive) To disrupt another player with the stick or body to obtain possession of the ball or puck.

Auflaufform

(countable) A dish of glass or earthenware, with a lid, in which food is baked and sometimes served.

auflegen

(transitive) To lay or place; to put (one thing to another)

Auflehnung

The feeling, or spirit of being defiant.

aufleuchten

(intransitive, of a fire) to burst into flames from a seemingly non-burning state

aufliegend

Chiefly followed by on or upon: leaning, or lying, reclining, or resting, on something else.

Auflisten

The act of enumerating, making separate mention, or recounting.

Auflistung

The act of enumerating, making separate mention, or recounting.

auflodern

(intransitive, of a fire) to burst into flames from a seemingly non-burning state

auflösen

(transitive) To discontinue abruptly.