aufbrezeln
German, verb/ˈaʊ̯fˌbʁeːt͡sl̩n/
aufbrezeln is spelled A-U-F-B-R-E-Z-E-L-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written German, the 267,890th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aufbrezeln is a German verb meaning “(reflexive) to doll up, dress up (enhance in terms of fashionable appeal)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich oder jemand/etwas attraktiv, vielleicht auch übertrieben, herrichten”.
What does aufbrezeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquial(reflexive) to doll up, dress up (enhance in terms of fashionable appeal)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich oder jemand/etwas attraktiv, vielleicht auch übertrieben, herrichten
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 aufbrezeln
- brezelt auf present singular third-person
- brezelte auf past
- aufgebrezelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- aufbrezelnd participle present
- aufzubrezeln infinitive infinitive-zu
- brezle auf first-person indicative present
- brezele auf first-person indicative present
- brezel auf first-person indicative present
- brezeln auf first-person indicative plural
- brezelst auf indicative present second-person
- brezelest auf second-person singular subjunctive
- brezlest auf second-person singular subjunctive
- brezelet auf plural second-person subjunctive
- brezlet auf plural second-person subjunctive
- brezelten auf first-person indicative plural
- brezeltest auf indicative preterite second-person
- brezeltet auf indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aufbrezeln?
- /ˈaʊ̯fˌbʁeːt͡sl̩n/
- [ˈaʊ̯fˌbʁeːt͡sl̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is aufbrezeln in German?
aufbrezeln appears about once in every 22 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).