aufziehen

German

Etymology

auf- +‎ ziehen

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʔaʊ̯ftsiːən]
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  • Hyphenation: auf‧zie‧hen

Verb

aufziehen (class 2 strong, third-person singular present zieht auf, past tense zog auf, past participle aufgezogen, past subjunctive zöge auf, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. to wind up (a clock etc.)
  2. to pull open
  3. to tease
  4. to raise, to bring up (children), to rear (animals), to grow (plants)
  5. to hoist, to raise (a flag)
  6. to string (pearls, beads, etc.)
  7. to draw up (liquid into a syringe); to fill up (a syringe)
  8. to stretch (onto); to fit (a tyre, a string onto an instrument); to mount (a canvas onto a frame)
  9. (colloquial) to arrange (a party); to set up (a company)
  10. to appear or arrive (often in great quantity or number) [auxiliary sein]

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Further reading

  • aufziehen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • aufziehen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • aufziehen” in Duden online
  • aufziehen” in OpenThesaurus.de