German–English dictionary

Auflösung

The termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship.

Auflösungsgrad

(computing) The process of determining the meaning of a symbol or address; the process of executing a link to it.

Auflösungsvermögen

(computing) The number of pixels in an image being stored or displayed.

aufmachen

(obsolete) To disclose; to reveal; to interpret; to explain.

Aufmacher

(journalism) A topic of interest, such as an ongoing event or an anniversary, around which various features can be developed.

Aufmachung

(informal) A costume or an outfit.

Aufmarsch

(military) A show of troops, an assembly of troops as a show of force, to receive orders, or especially for inspection at set times.

Aufmaß

Value (quantity, magnitude, extent or amount) determined by an act of measuring.

aufmerksam

Attentive; awake; on guard.

Aufmerksamkeit

(uncountable) Mental focus.

aufmerksamkeitsheischend

Intended to attract notice.

aufmischen

(transitive) To give a severe beating to; to assault violently with repeated blows.

aufmotzen

To make gaudy and bright.

aufmuntern

(transitive) To gladden; to make cheerful; often with up.

aufmüpfig

Stubbornly defiant; disobedient; resistant to authority or control (whether in a noisy manner or not).

Aufnahme

The act or practice of admitting.

Aufnahme in das Krankenhaus

The hospitalizing of a patient, the condition of being hospitalized, or the period a patient stays in hospital.

Aufnahme in ein Krankenhaus

The hospitalizing of a patient, the condition of being hospitalized, or the period a patient stays in hospital.

Aufnahmedose

(technology) A socket in machinery shaped like a thimble.

aufnahmefähig

Ready to receive something, especially new concepts or ideas.

Aufnahmefähigkeit

(uncountable) The state of being receptive.

Aufnahmegebühr

The cost or fee associated with attendance or entry.

Aufnahmegerät

An apparatus for recording; a device which records.

Aufnahmeprüfung

(education) An examination that an educational institution conducts to select prospective students.

Aufnahmestück

A definable part, such as an individual song, of a recording, particularly of commercial records, audio tapes, CDs, etc.

aufnehen

(transitive) To include so that it no longer has separate existence; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to incorporate; to assimilate; to take in and use up. [first attested c. 1350 to 1470.]

aufnehmen

(transitive) To include so that it no longer has separate existence; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to incorporate; to assimilate; to take in and use up. [first attested c. 1350 to 1470.]

Aufnehmer

An implement for washing floors or similar, made of a piece of cloth, or a collection of thrums, or coarse yarn, fastened to a handle.

Aufopferung

(uncountable) The act or state of devoting or being devoted.

aufpäppeln

To become better; to improve in condition; especially of animals, by feeding; to fatten up. [from late 16th c.]

aufpassen

(idiomatic) To watch and pay attention to, in case of misbehaviour or mishap.

Aufpasser

One who attends; one who works with or watches over someone or something.

Aufpasserin

One who attends; one who works with or watches over someone or something.

aufpeitschen

(transitive) To provoke (a person) to anger or rage; to exasperate; to irritate; to incense; to enrage.

aufpeppen

(informal, transitive) To inject with energy and enthusiasm.

Aufplusterer

(Canada, US, derogatory) A person who talks too much or too loudly, especially in a boastful or self-important manner. [from c. 1840]

aufplustern

To fluff, puff or swell up.

aufpolieren

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

Aufprall

The force or energy of a collision of two objects.

Aufpreis

An addition of extra charge on the agreed, stated, or baseline price.

aufprotzen

(obsolete) To prepare an artillery piece for transportation (i.e., to attach it to its limber.)

aufpumpen

(transitive) To enlarge an object by pushing air (or a gas) into it; to raise or expand abnormally

aufpuschen

(transitive, slang) To affect with drugs.

aufputschen

(colloquial, usually, with up) To excite.

aufputzen

(transitive) To present in a favorable light.

aufquellen

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

aufraffen

(reflexive) To make active; to rouse oneself.

aufrauen

(transitive) To cause to open in slits or chinks; to split; to cause the skin of to crack or become rough.

aufräufeln

To form (something) into a coil or spiral, or into folds; to entwine, to fold up, to roll, to wind round.

aufräumen

(transitive) To tidy up, make a place neat.

Aufrechnung

(finance) The extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors by the credits of which they are reciprocally creditors; the payment of a debt by a credit of equal amount.

aufrecht

With head directly above the neck, eyes front.

aufrecht halten

To keep erect; to support; to sustain; to keep from falling

aufrechterhaltbar

Able to be sustained.

aufrechterhalten

(transitive) To support or maintain at a high level.

aufrechtzuerhalten

Able to be sustained.

aufregen

(transitive, figurative) To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.

aufregend

Creating or producing excitement.

Aufregung

A stir; a fuss or uproar.

aufreihen

(intransitive) To get into a line; especially, so as to wait one's turn.

Aufreihung

An arrangement of items in a line.

aufreissen

To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc.

aufreizen

(transitive) To stimulate or induce (feelings); pique.

aufreizend

Causing irritation or inflammation.

aufrichten

(transitive, literary) To raise physically or metaphorically; to lift up; to cause to rise, to elevate.

aufrichtig

Serious; weighty; of a serious, weighty, or important nature; important.

Aufrichtigkeit

The state of being sincere and open in speech; honesty in expression. [from c. 1600]

Aufriss

(architecture) A geometrical projection of a building, or other object, on a plane perpendicular to the horizon; orthographic projection on a vertical plane; called by the ancients the orthography.

aufrollen

(transitive) To lower, roll up and secure (something, such as a sail or flag)

Aufruf

(computing) The act of jumping to a subprogram, saving the means to return to the original point.

aufrufen

(transitive, computing) To jump to (another part of a program); to perform some operation, returning to the original point on completion.

aufrufend

Of or pertaining to calling; used in calling or vocation.

Aufruhr

A stir; a fuss or uproar.

aufrühren

(transitive) To cause to move with a violent, irregular action; to shake. [from 16th c.]

Aufrührer

(figurative) An argumentative troublemaker or revolutionary; one who agitates against the status quo.

Aufrührerin

A person who provokes or takes part in an insurrection.

aufrührerisch

Characterized by violence and agitation; wild; stormy.

aufrüsten

(intransitive, transitive, computing) To replace a program with a later version of itself, a version having a higher version number or marketed under a more recent product name.

Aufrüstung

The process of building up military capacity.

aufrütteln

(figurative) To shock or stimulate into sudden activity, as if by electric shock.

Aufrüttler

A surprise or shock.

aufs neue

(idiomatic) Again, once more, one more time.

aufsagen

(transitive) To repeat aloud (some passage, poem or other text previously memorized, or in front of one's eyes), often before an audience.

aufsammeln

(transitive) To gather together; amass.

aufsässig

Given to troublemaking.

aufsatteln

Of a person: to get into a saddle.

Aufsatz

(publishing) A written composition of moderate length, exploring a particular issue or subject.

aufsaugen

(transitive) To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe, like a sponge or as the lacteals of the body; to chemically take in. [first attested in the early 17th century.]

Aufsaugmittel

(uncountable) An absorbent material used to hold a liquid.

aufschäumen

(transitive) To create froth in (a liquid).

Aufscheuchen

(transitive) To cause to take flight from concealment.

Aufschichtung

The process leading to the formation or deposition of layers, especially of sedimentary rocks.

aufschieben

(transitive) To defer; to put off temporarily or indefinitely.

aufschiebend

Intentionally delaying (someone or something), intended to cause delay, gain time, or adjourn decision.

Aufschiebling

(architecture) A flared extension at the base of a sloped roof.

Aufschlag

The end of a pants leg when folded up.

aufschlagen

(intransitive, rarely, transitive) To make a physical impact on.

aufschließen

(ergative, figuratively) To render or to become unstable due to stress, to collapse physically or mentally.

aufschlitzen

To cut with a swift broad stroke of an edged weapon.

Aufschluss

A coming out of bedrock or of an unconsolidated deposit to the surface of the ground.

aufschlüsseln

(transitive) To state in items, or by particulars

Aufschlüsselung

(uncountable) Detailed categorization, or itemization or listing, of the components of a thing; (countable) an instance of this.

aufschlussreich

Possessing insight; percipient. [from 20th c.]

aufschnappen

(ambitransitive) To hear something that was not meant for one's ears.

aufschneiden

To cut, divide or separate into pieces.

Aufschneider

(Canada, US, derogatory) A person who talks too much or too loudly, especially in a boastful or self-important manner. [from c. 1840]

Aufschnittschneidemaschine

(cuisine) A machine that cuts meats, also named a deli slicer.

aufschrauben

(transitive) To form a screw thread on or in (a bolt, hole, etc.).

aufschrecken

(figurative) To shock or stimulate into sudden activity, as if by electric shock.

Aufschrei

(figurative) A negative reaction, objection or outcry, especially of a violent or abrupt nature.

Aufschreien

(Newfoundlander, uncountable) Newfoundland rum.

Aufschrift

Text carved on a wall or plaque, such as a memorial or gravestone, or on some other item.

Aufschub

An act or instance of deferring or putting off.

aufschürfen

(transitive) To injure the skin of.

aufschütteln

(transitive) To make something fluffy.

Aufschwung

(economics, business) A period of prosperity, growth, progress, or high market activity.

aufsehen

To oversee the work of others; to supervise.

aufsehenerregend

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

Aufseher

One who attends; one who works with or watches over someone or something.

Aufseherin

One who attends; one who works with or watches over someone or something.

aufsetzen

(transitive) To compose (a document), especially following a standard form; prepare a plan.

Aufsicht

Supervision or management.

Aufsichtsperson

One who attends; one who works with or watches over someone or something.

aufspalten

(transitive, with for) To (attempt to) disengage and flee to; to make a run for.

aufspannen

(mathematics) To generate an entire space by means of linear combinations.

aufspeichern

To reap grain, gather it up, and store it in a granary.

aufspießen

(transitive, of an animal) To pierce with a horn or tusk.

aufspringen

(transitive) To cause to move quickly up and down, or back and forth, once or repeatedly.

aufspüren

Having been noticed.

Aufspürer

(finance) A tracker mortgage.

Aufspürerin

(finance) A tracker mortgage.

aufstacheln

(transitive, idiomatic) To encourage or coax (a person) to do something, especially something foolhardy or reckless.

Aufstand

An agitated disturbance or a hubbub.

aufständisch

Rebellious, opposing authority.

Aufständische

A person who provokes or takes part in an insurrection.

Aufständischer

One of several people who take up arms against the local state authority; a participant in insurgency.

Aufstandsfläche

(computing) The amount of hard drive space required for a program.

aufstapeln

(transitive, often used with the preposition "up") To lay or throw into a pile or heap; to heap up; to collect into a mass; to accumulate

aufstauen

(transitive) To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together (either literally or figuratively), often gradually and without active intent.

Aufsteckhalter

A bar for supporting cutting tools.

aufstehen

(intransitive) To come up from one's bed or place of repose; to get up.

aufsteigen

(intransitive) To move upward, to fly, to soar.

aufsteigen lassen

(intransitive, rare) To rise on high; to go up; to be upraised or uplifted; to tower aloft; to ascend; often with up.

aufstellen

(transitive) To set up; to organize; to put into an orderly sequence or arrangement.

Aufstellung

An arrangement or classification of things.

aufstemmen

To force (open) with a lever; to pry.

Aufstieg

The act of ascending; an ascent.

aufstocken

To provide or make a supplement to something.

aufstreben

To rise, especially rapidly or unusually high.

aufstrebend

(of a person or their character) Having or showing ambition; wanting a lot of power, honor, respect, superiority, or other distinction.