aufbringen
German, verb
aufbringen is spelled A-U-F-B-R-I-N-G-E-N (10 letters) and appears 5.0 times per million words in written German, the 12,256th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aufbringen is a German verb meaning “to find, muster, summon up” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Aufbringen is a different word: “gerund of aufbringen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden ärgerlich machen”.
What does aufbringen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to find, muster, summon up
- 2
to exasperate, get angry
- 3
to anger
- 4
colloquialto get (a door etc.) open; to open (by putting in considerable effort)
- 5
to capture (a ship etc.)
- 6
datedto raise (a child, animal etc.)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of aufbringen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemanden ärgerlich machen 2. ein fremdes Schiff besetzen (durch Piraterie oder per hoheitsrechtlichem Akt) 3. etwas Neues verbreiten 4. etwas beschaffen
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 aufbringen
- bringt auf present singular third-person
- brachte auf past
- aufgebracht participle past
- brächte auf past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- aufbringend participle present
- aufzubringen infinitive infinitive-zu
- bringe auf first-person indicative present
- bringen auf first-person indicative plural
- bringst auf indicative present second-person
- bringest auf second-person singular subjunctive
- bringet auf plural second-person subjunctive
- brachten auf first-person indicative plural
- brächten auf first-person plural subjunctive
- brachtest auf indicative preterite second-person
- brachtet auf indicative plural preterite
- brächtest auf second-person singular subjunctive
- brächtet auf plural second-person subjunctive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to aufbringen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aufbringen in German?
aufbringen appears 5.0 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).