aufbahren
German, verb[ˈaʊ̯fˌbaːʁən]
aufbahren is spelled A-U-F-B-A-H-R-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 68 million words in written German, the 508,518th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aufbahren is a German verb meaning “to lay out a body in preparation for burial” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “einen Toten auf eine Unterlage legen”.
What does aufbahren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to lay out a body in preparation for burial
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. einen Toten auf eine Unterlage legen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of aufbahren
- bahrt auf present singular third-person
- bahrte auf past
- aufgebahrt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- aufbahrend participle present
- aufzubahren infinitive infinitive-zu
- bahre auf first-person indicative present
- bahren auf first-person indicative plural
- bahrst auf indicative present second-person
- bahrest auf second-person singular subjunctive
- bahret auf plural second-person subjunctive
- bahrten auf first-person indicative plural
- bahrtest auf indicative preterite second-person
- bahrtet auf indicative plural preterite
- bahre auf! imperative singular
- bahrt auf! imperative plural
- aufgebahrt haben active infinitive perfect
- aufgebahrt werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aufbahren?
- [ˈaʊ̯fˌbaːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to aufbahren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aufbahren in German?
aufbahren appears about once in every 68 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).