Verbs
auf Nummer sicher gehen
/aʊ̯f ˈnʊmɐ ˈzɪçɐ ˈɡeːən/
English meaning
to play it safe
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/aʊ̯f ˈnʊmɐ ˈzɪçɐ ˈɡeːən/
English meaning
to play it safe
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/ˈʔaʊ̯fneːmən/ · [-neːmˑ]
English meaning
to pick up, lift up
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/ˈɔɪ̯fnən/
English meaning
to increase
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/ˈaʊ̯fˌnɔʁdn̩/
English meaning
Nordicize, make more Nordic
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/ˈʔaʊ̯fˌʔɔpfɐn/
English meaning
to sacrifice, to give up
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/ˈaʊ̯fˌpɛpl̩n/
English meaning
to feed up
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[ˈaʊ̯fpasən] · [ˈaʊ̯fpasn̩]
English meaning
to watch out, to be alert
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/ˈaʊ̯fˌpɛpn̩/
English meaning
to spice up, to pimp
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/ˈaʊ̯fˌplat͡sən/
English meaning
to burst (of a tube)
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/ˈaʊ̯fˌpluːstɐn/
English meaning
to fluff up, puff up (principally of birds, but also cats etc.)
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/ˈaʊ̯fpoˌliːʁən/
English meaning
to polish up, varnish
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/ˈaʊ̯fˌpʁɛːɡən/ · /-pʁeː-/
English meaning
to imprint (on)
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/ˈaʊ̯fˌpʁalən/
English meaning
to impinge, to impact
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[ˈʔaʊ̯fpʊmpm̩] · [ˈʔaʊ̯fpʊmpən]
English meaning
to pump up
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/ˈaʊ̯fˌpʊt͡ʃn̩/
English meaning
to instigate, to stimulate (e.g., a crowd pf people)
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English meaning
to rouse oneself, to brace up, to pull oneself together
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English meaning
to tower
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/ˈaʊ̯frapl̩n/
English meaning
(sich mühsam erheben, aufstehen): to pick oneself up
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English meaning
to frizz, to roughen, to chap
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[ˈʔaʊ̯fʁɔʏ̯mən]
English meaning
to tidy up
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English meaning
to charge
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/ˈaʊ̯fʁɛçtʔɛɐ̯ˌhaltn̩/
English meaning
to maintain, preserve, uphold, sustain
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/ˈaʊ̯fˌʁeːɡn̩/
English meaning
to excite; to upset
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[ˈaʊ̯fʁaɪ̯bən]
English meaning
to rub sore
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English meaning
to string (e.g. beads or pearls)
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[ˈʔaʊ̯fˌʁaɪ̯sn̩] · /ˈʔaʊ̯fʁaɪ̯sən/
English meaning
to rip open, to tear open
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/ˈʔaʊ̯fʁaɪ̯sən/
English meaning
Switzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of aufreißen
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English meaning
to ride up in formation (on horseback)
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[ˈʔaʊ̯fʁɪçtn̩] · [ˈʔaʊ̯fʁɪçtən]
English meaning
to raise up, to erect, to put up
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English meaning
to roll up