aufforsten
German, verb/ˈaʊ̯fˌfɔʁstən/
aufforsten is spelled A-U-F-F-O-R-S-T-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 197,584th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aufforsten is a German verb meaning “to forest, to afforest, to wood (to cover with trees)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in größerem Umfang, auf größerer Fläche Bäume anpflanzen, damit neuer Wald (ein Forst) nachwächst”.
What does aufforsten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to forest, to afforest, to wood (to cover with trees)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. in größerem Umfang, auf größerer Fläche Bäume anpflanzen, damit neuer Wald (ein Forst) nachwächst
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 aufforsten
- forstet auf present singular third-person
- forstete auf past
- aufgeforstet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- aufforstend participle present
- aufzuforsten infinitive infinitive-zu
- forste auf first-person indicative present
- forsten auf first-person indicative plural
- forstest auf indicative present second-person
- forsteten auf first-person indicative plural
- forstetest auf indicative preterite second-person
- forstetet auf indicative plural preterite
- forst auf! imperative singular
- forste auf! imperative singular
- forstet auf! imperative plural
- aufgeforstet haben active infinitive perfect
- aufgeforstet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- aufgeforstet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aufforsten?
- /ˈaʊ̯fˌfɔʁstən/
- [ˈaʊ̯fˌfɔʁstn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to aufforsten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aufforsten in German?
aufforsten appears about once in every 13 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).