auffordern
German, verb
auffordern is spelled A-U-F-F-O-R-D-E-R-N (10 letters) and appears 2.4 times per million words in written German, the 21,211th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Auffordern is a German verb meaning “to ask, request” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Auffordern is a different word: “gerund of auffordern”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden zu einer Aktion aufrufen”.
What does auffordern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to ask, request
- 2
to invite (someone to dance, etc.)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of auffordern
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemanden zu einer Aktion aufrufen
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 auffordern
- fordert auf present singular third-person
- forderte auf past
- aufgefordert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- auffordernd participle present
- aufzufordern infinitive infinitive-zu
- fordre auf first-person indicative present
- fordere auf first-person indicative present
- forder auf first-person indicative present
- fordern auf first-person indicative plural
- forderst auf indicative present second-person
- forderest auf second-person singular subjunctive
- fordrest auf second-person singular subjunctive
- forderet auf plural second-person subjunctive
- fordret auf plural second-person subjunctive
- forderten auf first-person indicative plural
- fordertest auf indicative preterite second-person
- fordertet auf indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is auffordern in German?
auffordern appears 2.4 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).