aufflackern
German, verb[ˈaʊ̯fˌflakɐn]
aufflackern is spelled A-U-F-F-L-A-C-K-E-R-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 134,701st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aufflackern is a German verb meaning “to flare up” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “(wieder) kurz deutlich sichtbar sein”.
What does aufflackern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to flare up
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. (wieder) kurz deutlich sichtbar sein 2. in den Augen sichtbar werden 3. immer mal wieder kurz und deutlich aktiv werden
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 aufflackern
- flackert auf present singular third-person
- flackerte auf past
- aufgeflackert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- aufflackernd participle present
- aufzuflackern infinitive infinitive-zu
- flackre auf first-person indicative present
- flackere auf first-person indicative present
- flacker auf first-person indicative present
- flackern auf first-person indicative plural
- flackerst auf indicative present second-person
- flackerest auf second-person singular subjunctive
- flackrest auf second-person singular subjunctive
- flackeret auf plural second-person subjunctive
- flackret auf plural second-person subjunctive
- flackerten auf first-person indicative plural
- flackertest auf indicative preterite second-person
- flackertet auf indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aufflackern?
- [ˈaʊ̯fˌflakɐn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is aufflackern in German?
aufflackern appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).